NC-17 my a$$
I got the NC-17 version from NetFlix, not the Neuter version at Blockbuster...I've seen R-rated movies that are way, way more graphic & explicit than this. A Dirty Shame is totally cheesy & campy & goofy...there's hardly any nudity, and when there is, they're not having sex; they're just standing there. Even the language isn't that bad; I'd bet they say f^ck less than a dozen times the whole movie. There is a lot of language in regards to sexual acts, but they name it and describe it in terms that are mostly rather tame...because it's all just a big joke!
This is how independent films are treated by the ratings board, which is apparently made up entirely of Neuters. Because it's "officially" rated NC-17, Blockbuster won't carry it, but they WILL carry, and promote, and sell, the unrated version of 40 Year Old Virgin. And you know why it's unrated? Because the studio submitted it to the MPAA, who then said "This would get an NC-17, and we know you want it to be R." So the studio cuts out a few things and gets an R, thereby leaving the filthier version still unrated.
I've got nothing against filth, when properly identified. I just think the ratings should be consistent.
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