Table of Contents

1. New leaders and a new system; 2. Sex, profanity, and violence; 3. The X rating and the home entertainment revolution; 4. The technology of special effects and the wffects of screen violence; 5. Pornography; 6. The anti-pornography crusade; 7. Hollywood, drugs, and religion; 8. NC-17; 9. Television; 10. The digital future.

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The first behind-the-scenes history of the American movie rating system.

About the Author

Stephen Vaughn has taught the history of communication at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, since 1981. He has been a past Vilas Associate Scholar at Wisconsin and is the recipient of two Fulbright awards. Previous books he's written include Ronald Reagan in Hollywood: Movies and Politics, The Vital Past: Writings on the Uses of History, and Holding Fast the Inner Lines: Democracy, Nationalism and the Committee on Public Information.

Reviews

Carefully argued, impressively documented, and tellingly illustrated, this is a first-rate work on a topic of considerable importance. Essential. Choice "Vaughn has written a significant study." Lary May, The Historian