N is for NC17 Part I - Rise of the the Censors

Warning! The following podcast is rated PG for Podcast Goodness. It contains scenes of humour, foul language, drug references, unusual talk-kissing, prolonged descriptions of sexy cartoons, discussions on bra-engineering, and bad impersonations. Listener discretion is advised on this week's episode, when Alisha and Will examine the shocking, scandalous, and sensational birth of the movie ratings system, as they once again Enter the Rabbit Hole!

 

Sources:

Articles:

List of NC-17 Rated Films 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NC-17_rated_films

Classification and Rating Rules (MPA Inc., Jul 2020)

https://www.filmratings.com/Content/Downloads/rating_rules.pdf

Market Share for Each Distributor 1995-2021 (The Numbers, 2021)

https://www.the-numbers.com/market/distributors

Market Share for Each MPAA Rating 1995-2021 (The Numbers, 2021)

https://www.the-numbers.com/market/mpaa-ratings

Eternals Rated PG-13 For Violence, Language, And Brief Sexuality (David James, We Got This Covered, Sep 2021)

https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/eternals-rated-pg-13-for-violence-language-and-brief-sexuality/

25 R-Rated Movies That Were Originally NC-17 (Tom Fish, Newsweek, Sep 2021)

https://www.newsweek.com/r-rated-movies-originally-nc-17-1606808

https://daily.jstor.org/end-american-film-censorship/

How the Hays Code—as Seen in Hollywood—Censored Hollywood (Temi Adebowale, Men’s Health, May 2020)

https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a32290089/hollywood-hays-code/

The Skinny on the Fatty Arbuckle Trial (Gilbert King, Smithsonian Magazine, Nov. 2011)

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-skinny-on-the-fatty-arbuckle-trial-131228859/

Remembering Hollywood's Hays Code, 40 Years On (Bob Mondello, NPR, August 2008)

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93301189

A Brief History of the X Rating (Jason Bailey, Vulture, Dec. 2018)

https://www.vulture.com/2018/12/a-brief-history-of-the-x-rating.html

50 Surprisingly Great X-Rated Movies (That Aren't Porn) (Jennifer M. Wood, Thrillist, Jan 2019) 

https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/best-x-rated-movies

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Motion-Picture-Association-of-America

https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1247/motion-picture-ratings

https://www.motionpictures.org/film-ratings/

Videos:

Film 90 Report on the new NC17 Film Rating (VHS Video Vault, Jan 2021)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P_YFBBgCCw&ab_channel=VHSVideovault

Whatever Happened to the X Rating? (Entertain the Elk, Jul 2020)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8OZPEsdKss&ab_channel=EntertainTheElk

Who Invented the Movie Rating System? (Today I Found Out, June 2019)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ntcs8_QLlxg&ab_channel=TodayIFoundOut

Pre Code Hollywood (Michael d Jackson, Dec 2018)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF82lbJM6ik&ab_channel=creanost

How the Catholic Church censored Hollywood's Golden Age (Vox, Apr 2018)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXZGKhpv8eg&ab_channel=Vox

4 Cinematic Victims of Hays Code Era Censorship (Cold Crash Pictures, Nov 2017)

https://youtu.be/BPnjfqAeKQo

The History of Hollywood Censorship and the Ratings System (Filmmaker IQ, Nov 2013)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynf8BmfgPtM&ab_channel=FilmmakerIQ

This Film Is Not Yet Rated (Kirby Dick, 2006)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpbxzP2mkoA&ab_channel=P.I.Becky

List of NC-17 rated films (Wikipedia)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NC-17_rated_films

Audio:

Episode 35: Censorship in Horror (Test Pattern - A Horror Movie Podcast, Jul 2017)

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7plQ8TT9ldgz65GTe5B644?si=dadec4165b224838