Delicious LiveJournal Links for 7-22-2010

[andrewducker]

• Peptides found which trigger gluten immune reaction in Coeliac Disease
  (tags: health science coeliac)
• UK Gay and lesbian television portrayals criticised
  (tags: tv lgbt society)
• Shapechanging robots to show you how your clothes will fit.
  (tags: fashion body design robot)
• The chairman of the Bar Council is right to say we should consider decriminalising drugs
  (tags: drugs law)
• Porn star Lorelei Lee talks obscenity
  (tags: obscenity freespeech porn)
• Comparing the BBFC and the MPAA, and How Antichrist Illustrates The Differences
  (tags: art censorship uk usa)
• A comic debunking The Moon Hoax
  (tags: comic conspiracy moon)
• Why you shouldn't let a graphic designer decide, well, anything.
  (tags: funny design cat)
• Palestinian Man Is Convicted Of Rape After Lying About Being A Jew
  (tags: rape israel law)
• Ratings Agencies: Don't Use Our Ratings
  (tags: finance law usa)
• Standards produced to allow movement of "bought" video on demand to move transparently between platforms.
  (tags: movies video vod technology)

Comments

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

Regarding the BBFC vs MPAA article, a point was brought up that actually I think extends well beyond movies. In the US we're trained to treat sex and nudity in the media (and in life, arguably) as dangerous and screen people from them, whereas violence is not considered nearly as great a threat. In the UK it's the other way around, and violence is considered more adult whereas sex is not such a big deal.

Frankly I think the UK view is far wiser.

[matgb]

Exactly. Although it's only fairly recently that films with sex in started getting lower certificates than 18.

I think the real difference is that because they wouldn't pass big budget blockbusters except as 18s for violence reasons, studios and cinemas still wanted to show them, so an 18 doesn't kill a movie, to an extent it can help--it shows it's for adults, bit like having an R rating is needed for some films in the US.

But because mainstream big budget films are 18s, there's no stigma, so we can get what we want with just an 18 slapped on it.