| Grex > Music3 > #171: Grammy Awards, 2004 presentation |  |
| response 39 of 86: | 
Feb 12 16:20 UTC 2004 |
You know, bru, the reason this stuff is so popular is because of the prevalence of attitudes like yours. If people like you would learn to ignore this crap and stop passing on your fears of the human form and sexual functions to the next generation, this stuff would lose its power over you.
| response 40 of 86: |
Feb 12 16:36 UTC 2004 |
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| response 41 of 86: |
Feb 12 16:41 UTC 2004 |
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| response 42 of 86: |
Feb 12 16:48 UTC 2004 |
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| response 43 of 86: |
Feb 12 17:06 UTC 2004 |
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| response 44 of 86: |
Feb 12 17:06 UTC 2004 |
Vote for what you like and dislike by TURNING OFF THE PROGRAM. Duh.
| response 45 of 86: |
Feb 12 18:48 UTC 2004 |
That's what bugs me a little about attitudes like bru's. It's one thing if people want to limit their own viewing choices -- that's healthy, and fully within their rights. But I dislike it when people start trying to limit the choices the rest of us have just because they don't personally like them.
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Feb 12 18:49 UTC 2004 |
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| response 47 of 86: |
Feb 12 19:03 UTC 2004 |
re: "#41 (gsibbery): They'd go broke in a week." Is that, sir, why G/PG movies typically make a lot more money than Rs?
| response 48 of 86: |
Feb 12 19:24 UTC 2004 |
47: I dare you to back that up with legitimate data. The 'R' rating is widely recognized as by far the most revenue generating rating for the American film industry.
| response 49 of 86: |
Feb 12 19:30 UTC 2004 |
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| response 50 of 86: |
Feb 12 19:36 UTC 2004 |
But, I am not only worried about me. In fact, I am not worried about me at all. What I am worried about are the parents who use TV as a babysitter, adn don't pay attention to what their children are watching. When I was growing up, parents didn't have to worry about what I was watching on TV. It was all fairly wholesome. Nowdays, you have to be aware that many programs are either violent or perverse.
| response 51 of 86: |
Feb 12 19:39 UTC 2004 |
Maybe parents shouldn't be letting TV do their parenting for them. What ever happened to individual responsibility?
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Feb 12 19:40 UTC 2004 |
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| response 53 of 86: |
Feb 12 19:44 UTC 2004 |
49: Those numbers are not enough to make the case. Try the top one hundred grossing films of the last forty years.
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Feb 12 19:56 UTC 2004 |
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Feb 12 20:00 UTC 2004 |
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Feb 12 20:05 UTC 2004 |
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| response 57 of 86: |
Feb 12 20:07 UTC 2004 |
Ok, the last 35 years. Whatever.
| response 58 of 86: |
Feb 12 20:08 UTC 2004 |
You would also have to control for the proportions of each types of movies made, and whether the reason some movies make more money is because of their content or because of the rating itself.
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Feb 12 20:10 UTC 2004 |
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Feb 12 20:15 UTC 2004 |
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Feb 12 20:17 UTC 2004 |
regarding several previous responses: Inflation-adjusted box-office lists are available at boxofficemojo.com and at washingtonpost.com. sorry I haven't got the exact URL immediately at hand, but the list at http://boxofficemojo.com is very easy to find. The inflation-adjusted lists agree much more with my idea of what popular American film culture is, or should be. I know Eric's in The Business, but everything I see in the mainstream press says that the conventional wisdom is that PG-13 is the optimum rating for financial success, for any single film. There was a lot of fuss in 2003 when the Matrix sequels became the first R-rated films to break the $200 million level. My perception is that over the last few years the number of "mainstream" R-rated films has dwindled. I remind folks this is the Grammy Awards item, and not the Super Bowl item or the Janet Jackson item. :/
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Feb 12 20:17 UTC 2004 |
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| response 63 of 86: |
Feb 12 20:23 UTC 2004 |
O.K., Mr. other. Do you give up yet?
Top 20 Grossing Movies by Rating (Top 100 Since 1998)
Year G PG PG-13 R
2002 1 6 13 0
2001 2 4 10 4
2000 0 3 12 5
1999 2 3 7 8
1998 3 3 9 5
8 19 51 22