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FOXNews.com - Foxlife - Fox Features - The Next Big-Screen Battle: Smoking: "It's a classic movie scenario — two sexy stars rip each other's clothes off, get busy and then later light up a couple of cigarettes in bed.
Such a charged cinematic scene could earn a film an R-rating — because of the smoking.
Films in which actors light up may soon receive the same branding as nipple flashes and cursing: Lawmakers are looking to extinguish, or at least regulate, smoking on the big screen.
Anti-smoking activists want films with smoking in them to be given an R-rating. Most lawmakers have said they'd be satisfied if movie ratings included advisory information about smoking in films like they do for foul language, sexual content and violence. Meanwhile, movie lobbyist Jack Valenti (search) is defending Hollywood's right to have characters light up without interference."
"However, Tinseltown is apt to try to avoid any regulation for fear that it will only open the floodgates to more demands.
'Where does this type of restriction and regulation end?' asked Friedman. 'One interest group will say they don't want to see smoking on the screen, another will say they don't want to see something else ... I don't believe you can start selecting on a piecemeal basis.' "
Really? Smoking in a movie makes it R rated? Sometimes the government is a little too big, don't you think? What's next, fast food? alcohol? sitting on a couch watching tv? Do they think this will curb the smoking habits of people? I'm not following the logic.
Such a charged cinematic scene could earn a film an R-rating — because of the smoking.
Films in which actors light up may soon receive the same branding as nipple flashes and cursing: Lawmakers are looking to extinguish, or at least regulate, smoking on the big screen.
Anti-smoking activists want films with smoking in them to be given an R-rating. Most lawmakers have said they'd be satisfied if movie ratings included advisory information about smoking in films like they do for foul language, sexual content and violence. Meanwhile, movie lobbyist Jack Valenti (search) is defending Hollywood's right to have characters light up without interference."
"However, Tinseltown is apt to try to avoid any regulation for fear that it will only open the floodgates to more demands.
'Where does this type of restriction and regulation end?' asked Friedman. 'One interest group will say they don't want to see smoking on the screen, another will say they don't want to see something else ... I don't believe you can start selecting on a piecemeal basis.' "
Really? Smoking in a movie makes it R rated? Sometimes the government is a little too big, don't you think? What's next, fast food? alcohol? sitting on a couch watching tv? Do they think this will curb the smoking habits of people? I'm not following the logic.
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