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General Category => Politics & Current Affairs => Topic started by: Aruntraveller on February 26, 2024, 09:59:35 AM

Title: Mary Poppins is now PG
Post by: Aruntraveller on February 26, 2024, 09:59:35 AM

I understand the reasoning but I still struggle with this:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/feb/26/mary-poppins-uk-age-rating-raised-pg-discriminatory-language

Title: Re: Mary Poppins is now PG
Post by: Nearly Sane on February 26, 2024, 10:24:56 AM

Quote from: Aruntraveller on February 26, 2024, 09:59:35 AM

I understand the reasoning but I still struggle with this:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/feb/26/mary-poppins-uk-age-rating-raised-pg-discriminatory-language

I would have thought the simple solution here is change all U films to PG. I'm baffled Watership Down was ever a U.

Title: Re: Mary Poppins is now PG
Post by: Aruntraveller on February 26, 2024, 10:39:37 AM

And as for "Bambi"!

My mother never quite got over having to drag me out of the cinema wailing at the death of Bambi's mother.

Title: Re: Mary Poppins is now PG
Post by: Nearly Sane on February 26, 2024, 11:06:21 AM

Quote from: Aruntraveller on February 26, 2024, 10:39:37 AM

And as for "Bambi"!

My mother never quite got over having to drag me out of the cinema wailing at the death of Bambi's mother.

Well, indeed.

The parental guide page from IMDB.


https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0034492/parentalguide

Title: Re: Mary Poppins is now PG
Post by: Nearly Sane on February 26, 2024, 11:09:23 AM

Quote from: Nearly Sane on February 26, 2024, 11:06:21 AM

Well, indeed.

The parental guide page from IMDB.


https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0034492/parentalguide

And the one for Mary Poppins which while warning of a thuggish penguin is Hottentotless


https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0058331/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg