On this episode of The 80s Movie Podcast, we work our way through the history of American movie censorship, the creation of the MPAA rating system, what lead to the creation of the PG-13 rating in 1984, and examine how little has changed in the battle for morality in entertainment has changed in the past 100 years.
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Movies discussed during this episode include:
The Flamingo Kid (1984, Garry Marshall)
Gremlins (1984, Joe Dante)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984, Steven Spielberg)
The Man with the Golden Arm (Otto Preminger, 1955)
The Moon is Blue (Otto Preminger, 1953)
The Outlaw (Howard Hughes, 1943)
The Pawnbroker (Sidley Lumet, 1964)
Red Dawn (1984, John Milius)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966, Mike Nichols)
Episode link: https://play.headliner.app/episode/9105907?utm_source=youtube
