The deranged lunacy of movie ratings Movies are a great escape from everyday life, immersing audiences in amazing worlds or just telling a cohesive story with a structured beginning, middle, and end. Every movie before it becomes available to the American public, must first submit their film to the Motion Pictures Association of America, where it will be evaluated and rated. The MPAA has their own system on how they rate movies. The problem with this rating system is that it doesn’t always make sense and should be overhauled, because many movies exploit the system and are not appropriately rated . (Mpaa.org) The MPAA first established in 1945 as a need for censorship in film and media; it wasn’t until 1966 that the rating system was devised. In 1968 the first generalized ratings were G, PG, and R, as a method for parents to be informed of what their children can watch. G stands for general audience being family friendly, PG stands for …show more content…
It’s unnecessary to have all these inclusions; the simple solution is to get rid of the PG rating all together. In today’s society the PG and G will not have much difference if any. Eliminating the PG rating would take away some of the nonsensical reasons to rate a movie PG or G. The obvious rebuttal would be children have sensitive minds and a more intense movie may damage or harm a kid's psyche. While early in developing stages, children ordinarily can't differentiate between reality and fiction, the media being shown may include many scenes that portray acts of violence. Violence in the media has been often efficient and frequent there are not many consequences for the actions being portrayed the heroes committing violent acts. "They become role models for youth. It is 'cool' to carry an automatic weapon and use it knock off the 'bad guys'." (Beresin, Eugene V., M.D. The Impact of Media Violence on Children and Adolescents: Opportunities for Clinical Interventions.