F*ck having only 140 characters! Evan Rachel Wood decided her anger with the MPAA over some changes to her film CHARLIE COUNTRYMAN could not be conveyed in a single tweet. So, she instead launched a multi-tweet offensive explaining her distaste with the changes.
Wood is not the first to be angered over MPAA guidelines for rating films. In fact, there have been numerous cases in just the last few months that have shown issues with the way ratings are doled out by the organization. The Weinstein Company launched a campaign to get PHILOMENA changed from an R to a PG-13 over profanity in the film while others cite the overwhelming amount of violence in PG-13 movies as evidence that the ratings are outdated.
Check out Wood’s rant below and read on for more analysis:
After seeing the new cut of #CharlieCountryman I would like 2 share my disappointment with the MPAA, who thought it was necessary to…
— Evan Rachel Wood (@evanrachelwood) November 27, 2013
…censor a womans sexuality once again. The scene where the two main characters make “love” was altered because someone felt that seeing…
— Evan Rachel Wood (@evanrachelwood) November 27, 2013
…a man give a woman oral sex made people “uncomfortable” but the scenes in which people are murdered by having their heads blown off…
— Evan Rachel Wood (@evanrachelwood) November 27, 2013
…remained intact and unaltered. This is a symptom of a society that wants to shame women and put them down for enjoying sex, especially…
— Evan Rachel Wood (@evanrachelwood) November 27, 2013
…when (gasp) the man isn’t getting off as well! Its hard for me to believe that had the roles been reversed it still would have been cut..
— Evan Rachel Wood (@evanrachelwood) November 27, 2013
…OR had the female character been raped it would have been cut. Its time for people to GROW UP. Accept that woman are sexual beings…
— Evan Rachel Wood (@evanrachelwood) November 27, 2013
…Accept that some men like pleasuring woman. Accept that woman don’t have to just be fucked and say thank you…
— Evan Rachel Wood (@evanrachelwood) November 27, 2013
…We are allowed and entitled to enjoy ourselves. Its time we put our foot down…
— Evan Rachel Wood (@evanrachelwood) November 27, 2013
CHARLIE COUNTRYMAN may not exactly be an Oscar contender, but it is a film that was already set for more success on home video than in theaters. That being said, with the film already given the Restricted rating due to “some brutal violence, language throughout, sexuality/nudity and drug use,” what does a sex scene do to throw it over the top?
I agree that ratings serve a valid point in society, but the MPAA ratings are so arbitrarily assigned, and obviously heavily influenced by Hollywood studios, that it is almost impossible to take them seriously. A