MPAA silliness
2010-12-06 22:40:46.845253+00 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Nerve.com: Similar oral sex scenes in Black Swan and Blue Valentine get two different ratings. The former involves two women, and got an R, the latter has a man going down on a woman and got an NC-17.
I don't know what all the differences are, I'd hazard a guess that this goes beyond the "it's hawt if two chicks do it, hur hur" double standard, just the sort of thing the MPAA ratings are famous for, fully over into the "fucked up people in dysfunctional relationships using sex as a weapon get a free pass" territory.
Oh yeah, here we go: IMDB says Blue Valentine is a drama/romance, and that Black Swan is a drama/thriller. So I'm guessing those involved get "punished", making the self-loathing closeted freaks in the MPAA ratings board feel okay with the sex.