PARADE questions

There are one or two "F*CKs" in the piece...but I'm imagining that its the word "n*" in the intro to THAT'S WHAT HE SAID (and possibly other places that I cannot recall) that may get it the R rating.

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Same could be said for SCHINDLER'S LIST. Though I'm sure watching PARADE is in now way as disturbing as watching SCHINDLER'S LIST.

I don't know. I certainly think a show using the "n-word" (I hate that phrase, but didn't want to type it out twice in one thread for fear of being called a racist) as it does warrants a word of caution. Particularly if a high school is looking to do it.

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Updated On: 10/31/07 at 04:20 PM

THAT'S a very good point!

Hmmmmmmm...

So...between the F bombs, the N bombs and the hanging, do we think that's enough to get an R rating?

I thought Jack Valenti was dead!

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Um, where are these F-bombs. 'Cuz i have the script and I don't remember an f-bomb.

C'mon, folks, think about it. A 13 year old girl gets raped and killed in this show. I know it's not actually shown but to hear someone talk about that sort of thing (There are lines like, "No wonder people think you tore into that little girl"). I mean, in I Am Trying to Remember, Newt recounts finding the body in quite graphic detail. Do you really want kids hearing that sort of thing.

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Well, you're entitled to your opinion and, you know, I'm not some kind of squeaky clean moralist like those right-wingers who have posted in the past. But I'm just convinced that the material is strong enough to warrant an R rating.

And what about the F-bombs?

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Well, there I agree with you. I really don't know why The Producers got an R rating. To me, Parade warrants an R.

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The R cannot be because of language - it must be because of subject matter. The lynching scene is harrowing and could conceivably be too much for younger audiences.

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