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Posted: 08/12/05
![]() by Clint Fletcher This month: BRING BACK THE R-RATED COMEDY! |
About two weeks ago, I went to my local movie theater here in town to catch a flick. There are 21 different movies playing at this given theater and I know this because I counted to prove a point. The point is this- not one of these 21 films was rated R. NOT ONE. I'm not talking a specific genre here, I'm talking about all genres. Why do you suppose this is? Perhaps its because Hollywood is turning into one big sell out machine? As thousands of R-rated scripts are submitted to studios every year, those few chosen are selected to be re-written into a watered down PG-13 to gain more profit by the teenage crowd or even worse- the dreaded PG. While many genres out there can successfully pull off an entertaining PG-13, comedies take it up the ass the worst with script re-writes. Nowadays I'm starting to think PG-13 stands for Pussies Galore. Hollywood... GROW SOME FUCKING BALLS.
Now, if this article were a script submitted to a studio, the line you just read above would be changed to "Hollywood... gain some guts." Now the difference between the R-rated version of this line and the PG-13 rated version is the R-rated version is actually funny. People want more raunch and filth in their films. Why? Because the PG-13 representation of a comedy isn't how it would go down in real life. If I slipped and fell on my ass I'd shout something like "shit!" or "God dammit!" or "fuck!" because this is America dammit, and in America soldiers fight for our freedom every day so that we can continue to integrate these splendid little words into our everyday language. Hell, those soldiers even cuss while they're fighting for the right to cuss! That's how much this country loves cussing. It doesn't matter who you are or what your background is, you've let out a foul phrase at some point in your life. I'm sure even Mother Teresa let out a few "bitches" and "damns" back in her day. Now there are different levels for all human beings as to how much they cuss, but if you are the Miss Goody Little Two Shoes reading this right now, even you know someone who cusses and have heard most of the words before. So what's the big fucking deal, bitches? Most comedies would be better if they had more cussing, more sexual situations and more explicit content. I now bring to you Exhibit A - Wedding Crashers.
Read Clint's previous Rant on More Gems From The Mailbag here. Read Clint's previous Rant on Remakes here. Read Clint's previous Rant on Paris Hilton here. Read Clint's previous Rant on Stoopid Emails here. Read Clint's previous Rant on Rappers who are wannabe actors here. Read Clint's previous Rant on Why Action Movies Ain't here. Clint Fletcher is a screenwriter and filmmaker in search of Hollywood. Got a problem? Email us at filmmonthly@hotmail.com. |