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Topic: MPAA: Control over titles?
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Bill Gabel
Film God
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From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA
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posted 05-10-2005 01:38 PM
This is part of the text from the Motion Picture Association of America.
STANDARDS FOR ADVERTISING
The principles of the code cover advertising and publicity as well as production. There are times when their specific application to advertising may be different. A motion picture is viewed as a whole and may be judged that way. It is the nature of adveriting, however, that it must select and emphasize only isolated portions and aspects of a film. It thus follows that what may be appropriate in a motion picture may not be equally appropriate in advertising. This must be taken into account in applying the code standards to advertising.Futhermore, in application to advertising, the principles and standards of the code are supplemented by the following standards for advertising:
Illustrations and text shall not misrepresent the charcter of a motion picture.
Illustrations shall not depict any indecent or undue exposure of the human body.
Advertising demeaning religion, race, or national origin shall not be used.
Cumulative overemphasis on sex, crime, violence and brutality shall not be permitted.
Salacious postures and embraces shall not be shown.
Censorship disputes shall not be exploited or capitalized upon.
STANDARDS FOR TITLES:
A salacious, obscene, or profane title shall not be used on motion pictures.
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Brian Michael Weidemann
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posted 05-11-2005 11:01 PM
Yeah, "any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, is not intended or implied" ... this means to me that you're basically acknowledging the POSSIBLE existence of the name (or character) in real life, but for all you know, there isn't.
What's so original about "Christopher Pike" that someone with that name could claim it couldn't possibly just be made up? I happen to know that there's another Brian M. Weidemann out there somewhere, unrelated to me; and I thought my name was a nice unique thing.
Now, as for Fokkers ... I think finding a family name in existence is a little silly. A Google search turns up 900,000 fokkin' results ... what with it being a German aircraft and all!
It would be like doing a movie called Meet The Shiites and needing to find that surname without realizing where the word comes from. "Ooh, ah, that word sounds like a naughty word, so it must be censored!" I don't think the title alone to Meet The Fokkers could be thought of as risqué ... it's just healthy, mindless, adolescent "Uh huh, he said 'fokkers'" sniggering. Which, funnily enough, was the whole basis for the movie's comedy. Oh, nevermind, they spelled it Fockers ... they're in trouble now!
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Brian Michael Weidemann
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posted 05-12-2005 04:53 PM
quote: Oh, look, it was me! Oh, nevermind, they spelled it Fockers ... they're in trouble now!
I suppose any sarcasm that might have been there was lost if the whole post wasn't read. Or, just maybe, I edited and appended that, immediately after posting, when I realized my whole argument was flawed.
Yes, they're intentions were blaringly obvious, but that doesn't make it indecent outright.
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