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First of all let’s discuss the history of media ratings, The 1920s were the first big year of movies with color, But also Scandals including the Raping and murdering of famous actors in movies, and constants censorship calls So Will, H, Hays Decide to create the first regulations called The Hays Code. The Code is
Don’ts:
Pointed profanity—by either title or lip—includes the words God, Lord, Jesus, Christ (unless they are used reverently in connection with proper religious ceremonies), Hell, S.O.B., damn, Gawd, and every other profane and vulgar expression however it may be spelled
Any licentious or suggestive nudity
The illegal traffic in drugs,
Any inference of sex perversion
White slavery
Miscegenation
Sex hygiene and venereal diseases
Scenes of actual childbirth—in fact or in silhouette
Children's sex organs;
Ridicule of the clergy;
Willful offense to any nation, race or creed;
Be Carefuls:
The use of the Flag;
International Relations (avoid picturizing in an unfavorable light another country's religion, history, institutions, prominent people and citizenry)
Religion and religious ceremonies
Arson
The use of firearms
Theft, robbery, safe-cracking, and dynamiting of trains, mines, buildings, et cetera (having in mind the effect which a too-detailed description of these may have upon the moron)
Brutality and possible gruesomeness
Technique of committing murder by whatever method
Methods of smuggling
Third-Degree methods
Actual hangings or electrocutions as legal punishment for crime;
Sympathy for criminals
Attitude toward public characters and institutions;
Sedition
Apparent cruelty to children and animals
Branding of people or animals
The sale of women, or of a woman selling her virtue;
Rape or attempted rape
First-night scenes
Man and woman in bed together;
Deliberate seduction of girls
The institution of marriage
Surgical operations
The use of drugs
Titles or scenes having to do with law enforcement or law-enforcing officers
Excessive or lustful kissing, particularly when one character or the other is a "heavy".
Eventually Motion Picture Association’s Current Rating system movie was born out of the simple notion that the movie industry wouldn’t approve or disapprove what audiences should see, but instead would focus on “freeing the screen” and educating parents to help them make movie-going decisions for their family. Thus the new rating system now (G,General audience , All ages are permitted) (Parental Guidance PG, Some Material may not be suitable for Children) (PG-13, Parental Guidance - 13, Some Material may not be suitable for Children under 13)
(R, Restricted, Under 17 requires a Parent or Adult Guardian) (NC-17, No one under 17 is Admitted)
As Movies started to grow a new challenger approaches: the Video Game industry, though the first 20 years would allow no restrictions on video games until the very bloody and gorey Mortal Kombat which sparked the first instance of Video Game restrictions and created the Entertainment Software Restriction Board (ESRB) Which has it’s own rating system, (EC, Early Childhood,For little kids) (E, Everyone, General public) (E,Everyone 10+, 10 and up are recommended) (T,Teen, 13 and up, Like PG-13) (M, Mature 17+, Highly gorey and frisky,) and (AO, Adults Only 21+) and now Media is rated daily however where is the rating of books the inspiration of Movies?
Miles Croft is a Junior at Poudre High School and a first-time reporter for the Poudre Press, He hopes to write on upcoming books and chickens. Come back every other week for a deep dive into books and the world of literature!
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