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According to reports, G-rated feature films are likely to end the year without being released, and Hollywood insiders and observers are pointing to a growing trend in the industry due to a variety of reasons related to the ever-evolving entertainment market. .
However, this is nothing but a growing disregard and indifference towards nurturing children’s minds.
The current Motion Picture Association of Japan Motion Picture Rating System (MPA) includes the “G” rating, which dates back to 1968. To qualify for this designation, a film cannot contain anything that would be “offensive to parents if viewed by children.”
To be fair, such designations are subjective, but as the Supreme Court once said about pornography, while it may be difficult to define, most people know it with their own eyes. If you look, you know what is uncomfortable for little eyes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the top 10 highest-grossing G-rated films of all time, not adjusted for inflation, are by Disney. “The Lion King” maintains its top spot, closely followed by “Toy Story 3” and “Finding Nemo.” Once upon a time, the Walt Disney Company kept track of the trends of American parents and children. No more. In recent years, they have focused more on appeasing the woke mafia than pleasing mothers, fathers, and children.
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As parents of young children for the past decade, we’ve struggled to find wholesome movies to watch with our son. Families who enjoy good, clean movies will quickly run out of options. And by “good and clean” we mean films that are primarily free of profanity, sexual innuendo, and gratuitous violence. I hardly understand why we so often have to go back decades to find movies that inspire and entertain. Hits like “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” “The Sound of Music,” and “Mary Poppins” are classics that stand the test of time and appeal to audiences of all ages, but they all started before I was born. It was made in.
Some argue that studios are responding to market realities and the fact that young families are more likely to stay home and stream their entertainment from other sources. Now that older audiences are more likely to attend theaters, there is less incentive to produce G-rated content. But this theory belies the reality that families are willing to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on films that won’t offend their or their children’s sensibilities.
But if it’s true, and I agree, that entertainment is downstream from culture, then it’s no wonder we’re seeing a decline in G-rated movies.
One of the tragedies of our time is that when it comes to protecting children from obscene, vulgar, and indecent behavior, too many people expose their children to what they know to be clearly obscene. Don’t worry about it either. Instead, there is a growing indifference, or even disdain, for censoring oneself for someone else. I can’t remember how many times I’ve experienced abusive language at parks, restaurants, sporting events, etc., even with my young sons in tow.
Hollywood sign in California. (FOX News Photo/Joshua Commins)
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We condemn violence in our schools and streets, but we ignore the fact that our children are simply imitating the blood sports they see on their screens. We lament the sexualization of children, but we don’t see it as a result of separating sex and marriage in film and television storylines. We lament the decline of the nuclear family and never connect it with the fact that happily married mothers and fathers are rarely portrayed positively on the big screen.
If we want to change and soften the coarseness of our culture, one of the best ways to do so is to encourage Hollywood to produce content that is not only profitable, but also does not sacrifice the hearts and morals of children. Despite what too many industry executives think and believe today, box office history is all about producing films that feed and grow healthy young minds and generate plentiful corporate profits. proves that it is possible.
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