Major Variola writes:
> Caveat: its not State Censorship unless the govt requires these new
> movie ratings. If (and only if) a theatre is free to show rated, or
> unrated movies as it sees fit, then it is merely another PC fringe
> making their mark, pissing on the movie screen.
>
> If the rating is *required* by the state ("Parental Advisory" ---cf
> Zappa's _The Mothers of Prevention_ album featuring Tipper Gore and
> Shithead Helms) then some folks need killin' (tm).
>
> We await PETA requesting "Carnivory" labels on movies... just to see
> how they rate _Silence of the Lambs_
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/News/03/12/films.tobacco.ap/index.html
>
> Study: Factor tobacco into movie ratings
>
> New report criticizes tobacco product placement in films
>
> March 12, 2002 Posted: 11:39 AM EST (1639 GMT)
>
> SACRAMENTO, California (AP) -- Citing a new study that examines the
> ties between Hollywood and cigarette makers, health advocates are
> calling for the film industry to incorporate tobacco as a factor in
> determining movie ratings.
>
> The study, published Tuesday in the health journal Tobacco Control,
> says cigarette companies aggressively pursued product placement in
> films in the 1980s and "undertook an extensive campaign to hook
> Hollywood on tobacco by providing free cigarettes to actors."
Yeah, it's another Stan Glantz special - I really wish somebody would give
that guy a freakin' job. You can't read the SF Chronicle for 3 days without some piece
of statistical flummery from that idiot making an appearance.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/03/13/MN22992.DTL
"Professor of Medicine" my auntie's fat ass. He's a mechanical engineer...
Dr. Strangelove
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