Frogs

I watched a documentary about a year ago called This Film is Not Yet Rated where a team of filmmakers investigate the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) who have the power to censor and give ratings to films. The goal of the film was to show unfairness in the ratings dispersed by the MPAA amongst different types of films. For example, there were movies created in Hollywood which were rated PG-13 because of things like language and violence, but the same language and violence being used in an independent filmmaker’s movie would be rated R. I shut the TV off about half way through because I felt like the filmmakers were being a bunch of liberal crybabies who wanted their “unfitting” films shown in theatres and on TV across the nation. Honestly, part of me still thinks that way, but now I can kind of see where they’re coming from. A lot of what the MPAA regulated wasn’t fair, but at the same time I believe we still need regulations on our televisions. I’m at the point where this kind of argument has gotten petty. If I don’t like what’s on TV I change the channel. No one’s forcing me to conform to society.

It is sad for me though, because I see my younger cousins growing up in a world where all they are only exposed to are big-name brands and companies. All they watch is Disney Channel. Their house is completely Disneyified and I always wished they knew of some of the other wonderful great shows or companies that were out there. I did get a glimmer of hope though this past summer. All of my cousin’s books are about Disney princesses except one which is about frogs, and she makes my uncle read her that frog book every night before bed. Even though her life has been cram-packed with Disney princesses she was able to find an outlet in frogs. Anyway, none of that really had much to do the MPAA, but my brain is kind of fried right now so hopefully you found some sort of connection here.