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In reply to the discussion: Perhaps I'm nuts but I found the Boob Song not only a parody of Hollywood musicals which [View all]MindPilot
(12,693 posts)15. That was one awesome doc!!
In no small part because there is a clip from a 1950s congressional hearing where some rep actually uses the phrase "they hate us for our freedom"
And I can only imagine what Hollywood would be producing these days if it weren't for the stifling nature of the MMPA.
For some really good films check out the "forbidden Hollywood" series of the movies made before the MMPA. Like "Men for Sale' about returning WW1 vets and how the bankers and industrialists exploited that suddenly glutted labor market. And how returning vets, disfigured from injuries were met with revulsion. A lot of the old horror films are about that as well.
(I wrote this from memory so some of the names may not be completely accurate.)
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snagglepuss
Feb 2013
OP
You're probably right, but it runs into the old problem of what happens when...
Ian David
Feb 2013
#3
and yet movies with excessive violence get a more reasonable rating than those which show boobs.
Javaman
Feb 2013
#6
Spot on. You describe a mindset which seems to be shared with religious fundamentalists.
snagglepuss
Feb 2013
#9
Exactly. Here's the video - the site I'm linking to suggests a "rape count" for the number of
Iris
Feb 2013
#29
I don't think it was, given the entirety of all MacFarlane's misogynistic comments.
Arugula Latte
Feb 2013
#17