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Why is it now rated TV-MA?

posted 13 years ago by Filmdickian
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According to the Comcast listings, this is rated TV-MA for "intense violence", "explicit sexual activity", and "crude indecent language". It had not enough of either to get a PG-13 in 1985, so what's up with it now?

[–] leonine-4 13 years ago

This came out when PG-13 was just being created. Perhaps now it would get the PG-13 rating in our day and age although calling it TV-MA does seem a bit extreme. It probably comes just from the fact that you see her naked side in one spot?

[–] MissChris325 10 years ago

I watched it on tv for the first time today and I was surprised to see that it was listed as PG (same goes for RtS)

[–] Vashramana 10 years ago

Probably because of the topless Nubian women dancing scene.