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Gratuitious sex, violence and swearing at the movies? The debate continues

August 10, 2011 by Randal

In “How many ‘F’ words in a film is TOO many?” I critiqued Michael Medved (nineteen years after the fact) and the moralistic-checklist cultural criticism that he and his culture war ilk represent. (Whew, that’s a mouthful.) Brad Haggard responded as follows: Randal, I think I know what you’re saying, but i still am somewhat […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: "Happy Feet", censorship, film, film critics, Lars von Trier, moralism, MPAA, profanity, ratings

How many ‘F’ words in a film is TOO many?

August 9, 2011 by Randal

It has been nineteen years since conservative commentator and film critic Michael Medved published the bestseller Hollywood vs. America: Popular Culture and the War on Traditional Values (HarperCollins, 1992), a book that made him a hero for “family values” conservatives across North America. While Medved made some valid points about the debasedness of some pop […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: censorship, ethics, film criticism, Hollywood vs. America, Michael Medved, moralism, morality, profanity

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