Show Rating Firms November is the first month of rated-films rated for Americans Beginning on the first film filmmakers filmmakers filmmakers makers began labeling each film either G M R or X The G stands for general general- admission to all M designates a film as for mature audiences audiences audiences au au- au- au but minors can still attend THE R FILMS are restricted restricted restricted re re- re- re in that minors must be accompanied by a parent or guardian One suspects a number of strange-looking strange parents or guardians will initially turn up at box of of- The X films are those to which minors will not be admitted The film industry rushed into this rating system as pressure built rapidly for some form of government grading to protect the nations nation's youth from the trend of increasingly increasing increasing- ly adult films WHAT THE nation needs is isa isa isa a political non-political impartially selected group of non-industry non citizens to rate both films and television programs In this way television fare could be cleaned up too tov much violence crime sadism general immorality and de- de are currently used to attract audiences for sales The new film rating system system tem terri deserves a trial tiia however however how how- ever and will get it Meanwhile Meanwhile Meanwhile Mean Mean- while its it's a shame no rating rating rating rat rat- ing system applies to tele- tele which vision-which comes into Americas America's homes and is ismore ismore more of a problem than film theaters |