R-Rated Films Becoming Rarer?

Variety notes a drop in R-rated films, and draws a suspect conclusion as a result:

Gabriel Synder - February 20th, 2005

Despite moral watchdogs lamenting Hollywood's vile tendencies, the studios have actually been cleaning up their act. R-rated films, once the studios' mainstay, are on the decline, both in numbers and in lure. In the last five years, R-rated pics have dwindled from 212 in 1999 to just 147 last year.

I don't suppose that Snyder has considered the possibility that the "moral watchdogs" are upset because what used to pass for R-rated fare is now fitting snugly in the PG-13 category; something just as supported by this particular piece of data as Snyder's conclusion.

ť February 21st, 2005

posted @ 10:10 AM in Entertainment

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