Harvey Weinstein threatens MPAA boycott over R rating
Found on BBC News on Saturday, 25 February 2012
Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has threatened to pull out of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) over a film rating given to the documentary Bully.
The R rating means children under the age of 17 will not be able to watch the film, about bullying in US schools, without a parent present.
In a statement, MPAA appeal board chairman Joan Graves said the rating was not a comment on the film's subject matter but was imposed for "some language".
You can show mass shootings, slaughterings and gallons of blood, but when someone says a bad word or shows some skin, the rating goes up. That's a pretty messed up and useless rating system.