Motion Picture Association of America

In 1993, academy award winning actors Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington starred in the movie, Philadelphia, the first major motion picture to address the issue of HIV/AIDS (Howard, 2015). One intent of this movie was to highlight homophobia, the irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals ("Homophobia", 2016), in addition to highlighting the Nation's baseless fear of those infected with HIV/AIDS. These fears were fueled by a lack of education regarding…

about facing the struggles of a new world and being able to endure the harsh cold winter while surviving unbelievable hardships. The movie is based on a true story and portrays how truly tough it was to survive in the vast uninhabited areas of North America in 1823. The directors and actors had a tough job of following the storyline while dealing with the elements and ensuring the action packed scenes where realistic. The Revenant is a superb and intense action seeking thriller because of the…

If one were to ask a practicing Christian what a prophet is, there is no doubt that most would be able to formulate some type of definition. However, many people’s thoughts on what a prophet is are often incomplete or even incorrect. While there are many places one could look to find an adequate definition of a prophet, Abraham Heschel provides an analysis of prophets unlike any other. Heschel’s analysis goes into great detail about what a prophet is, and what a prophet is not. After reading…

Audrey hepburn is a Belgian born actress, known for her numerous roles in countless popular films. She came from two loving parents and a sad and slightly troubling past. Even though she has gotten hate in her past, and critics may call her mediocre she stormed Hollywood with a bang. She is known across the world as a beautiful, intelligent, kind, and overall a loving human being. But many do not know of her troubled past, that came into play in her future. Overall she has been very influential…

Dolly's influence continued to grow after the release of her films as newly revealed facets of her already complex personality attracted a diverse group of people. The "lite feminism" of 9 to 5 made her appealing to feminists and working women without offending women with more conservative values. The sexual nuances of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas hinted at homosexuality and her pro-gay rights comments in interviews made her an icon for the queer community. Dolly's feminism and ties to…

Implementing changes to the MPAA, Motion Picture Association of America, rating system eliminates foul behavior, protects children’s environments, and models appropriate language expected from them. The current rating system hurts places such as school, streets, and the home environment. For example, if a teenager watches a NC-17 movie he will act older. Since the content is restricted from the teenager, it will instigate the teen to act more mature and want to act as the actors (Gustafson 1).…

Etienne- Jules Marey and Edward Muybridge. These men worked on increasing the proficiency of the camera. Muybridge expanded to 24 cameras, and Marey created a camera that could take 12 photographs on one plate. These two men helped create the first motion picture camera. Later, a man named Thomas Edison and his assistant, William K.L. Dickson, created a device called kinetoscope. It was small box that that had film roll and a peephole. People would look in the peephole can see 90-second…

The Motion Picture Association of America and their ‘rating system’ (Motion Picture Association of America, 2016) serves as an industry backed form of self-regulation for the content of films for the American consumer. However, amongst the changing times of the Country following World War II and leading into the turbulent 1960’s, Major movie companies were willing to forego industry-approved regulation for major films, forcing the MPAA to change from the Production Code towards the modern-day…

Censorship is not necessary - books and websites should be freely published as long as protections are in place to protect minors. When music is sold online or at retail stores it contains a rating label similar to movies. “The Recording Industry Association of America, which represents the majority of record labels in the country, has posted a black-and-white logo, warning of explicit content, on album covers since 1985,”(1). Some retailers refuse to sell albums containing the sticker or…

known as the Motion Picture Production Code), which was a guideline in the film industry which governed many films that were released by studios during 1930 to 1968. This code was developed by the producers and directors in the Hollywood industry however it was actually created by Will H Hays in order to make the majority of the films censored due to the concerns that the public had of Hollywood. The public viewed Hollywood as wicked and immoral, both off and on screen. Motion pictures…