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SuperRosca t1_ivlcajz wrote

Sorry, comletely unrelated to the graph, but is there a particular reason why the american age rating system is so needlessly complicated? Over here we literally just use the age number and a blurb that explains why it got that rating.

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SaamsamaNabazzuu t1_ivq1xox wrote

This is off the top of my head.

G, PG, PG-13, and R were historically used in movies. PG-13 is the 'newest' (supposedly created to make Spielberg/studios happy so younger audiences could go to more violent movies).

The TV ratings were brought in in the 90's, IIRC. I recall Tipper Gore (the Vice President at the time) advocated for labeling for music. This might've extended to tv. It didn't really change anything, afaik, though now I assume parents can limit content based on them with more control over streaming.

The history of film censorship goes back to the Hays Code in the US.

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