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Originally posted by James
Its a matter of box office gross. If the movie is PG-13 a lot more of the movie going public can pay to see the movie .. . teen-agers.
In the past, it never mattered. You could be 4 years old and walk into a Friday the Thirteenth movie at many theatres.
After Colombine our government, in all its wisdom, and forgive me but I have to put a big ole roll eyes in here  . . . .
Anyway our government decided that it must that kids can see Rated R movies in the theatres instead of waiting 4 months for them to be on video or Cable that causes kids to masacre their fellow students.
So the Clinton Administration leaned on theatres to start enforcing the age requirements for the various rating levels.
As a result there is a lot moe pressure for Directors to produce movies lower than Rated R, and definitely lower than Nc-17.
Oddly enough, since violence was the issue, the harshest ratings are reserved for sex scenes and bad language. Violence will largely get a pass.
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I still rarely see people carded at PG-13 or R-rated movies. I'll agree though that there is a lot more pressure on directors to produce movies that are no higher than a PG-13.