NO HOLDS BARRED |
Armida Siguion-Reyna |
So the world’s a stage and we are all players with our exits and entrances, with specific role assignments. While not all of us will be president, or jueteng lord, and there is only one Charice Pempengco, there’s a growing number of us now dreaming of having something close to the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)’s voluntary film rating system established here.
Our Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) does television, and in the past, under a different name, handled advertising as well. The MPAA is purely a rating system for films shown in the US and its territories, covering “thematic and content suitability” for particular age-group audiences. And it is purely voluntary.
I can hear my detractors snicker this is what I want, a voluntary system of film classification so that those who don’t want to submit can get away with it. The ignoramuses must be told that in the US, all signatory members of the MPAA submit to the ratings system, with very few daring to buck it. Unrated films are not allowed to advertise in theaters, television and print media, so producers would rather be rated than risk revenue potential.
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100924com4.html
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