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: Prawfs

Dep't of Silly Warnings

By Dan Markel, Ethan Leib, Rick Garnett, Matt Bodie, Paul Horwitz , Steve Vladeck, and Orly Lobel

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At the VC, Eugene notes a recent Travel Channel warning: "This program contains indigenous nudity.  Parental discretion is advised." 

Not bad.  But my ongoing, flabbergasting favorite is still the warning that the MPAA now uses in some cases, warning that a movie contains "thematic elements."  I should hope a movie contains thematic elements!  It always makes me think that one day I'll see a trailer with a little MPAA rating cautioning, "Warning: This film may contain leitmotifs."

P.S.: For the MPAA's own justification of "thematic elements," see here.

Full post as published by Prawfs on August 14, 2008 (boomark / email).

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