I'm an adult, but will you be my mommy?

[Marxfan]

Remember when you a kid, and your parents would forbid you from doing something, and you'd sulk in a corner and say,

"When I grow up, I'm gonna do whatever I want!"

Well, here's the funny thing... when you're an adult, you technically can do whatever you want. Here's the rub, though: you have to take responsibility for the things you do, be it big or small, and that's what a lot of adults aren't willing to do.

I was checking out DVDs to this patron one time, and she asked my what the ratings on them were. Most of them were Shakespeare plays, and weren't rated. I innocently asked if she were showing them to kids (I didn't say "your kids", I just said "kids") and the patron got huffy and said she was getting them for herself and just wanted to know what they were rated.

Okay, this woman had to have been 40 or so, but she's basically recruiting me to be her parental advisor! I was so disgusted, I wanted to say,

"You're an adult! You can watch whatever you want! Don't foist that responsibility on me, I'm not your mother!"

I'm sure Shakespeare will meet with her approval, though. She's obviously too stupid to get the subtle meaning in the Bard's prose anyway.

[It's me]

I always check the ratings when I rent movies. Even if it is just me watching them.........

[Aut]

Remember when you a kid, and your parents would forbid you from doing something, and you'd sulk in a corner and say,

"When I grow up, I'm gonna do whatever I want!"

My 10 year old is always saying stuff like this: "when I grow up, I'm going to invent a way to..... when I grow up I'm going to get a...... When I have a kid, I'm going to let them........"

I should start writing them down so when he is an adult, I can remind him, lol. So far, the man and I are banned from this child's house when he's an adult and he's never going to clean it. Fine, I say, if it's messy, I won't want to visit him anyway, lol.

[El Pollo Guerrera]

Where I can understand the customer's request (some people just do not like swearing, violence or nudity... go figure), the customer was a bit sucky in her huffy response to a simple question.

It's just that the ratings boards (whoever they are) don't rate everything. In Canada, some things like sporting events and travel shows (and 'arts and culture') get an "E" for Exempt. Some companies do like to put their own warnings for content on the packaging (some strong language, etc.).

Being Shakespeare, there shouldn't be to much to worry about... unless there's a version of "Henry V" starring Ron Jeremy out there somewhere...



* goes to IMBD to check *

[Legal Eagle]

I always check the ratings when I rent movies. Even if it is just me watching them.........

I also check rating every time, but not to help me decide if it's suitable for me, but to help me see what kind of movie it is. two movies may have the same speil on the back but have 2 completely different ratings, paticularly with horror movies

[sylvier]

You should start writing them down ... it'll make for a fine parental speech at his wedding. By then, you'll have more ammo from the teen years as well.

[Chromatix]

In the UK, the ratings are Uc, U, PG, 12, 15, 18. (U = Universal, Uc is for titles specifically aimed at young children, the rest should be obvious.)

I have seen "Exempt" titles advertised in the UK - they were wrestling matches.

I don't think that Shakespeare renditions would be Exempt, rather they would be classified in the normal way - probably PG if it was a play, or possibly higher for some types of film adaptation.

[arminius58]

I may be mistaken, cause frankly I don't particularly care about ratings on movies; but if they are rated isn't the rating on the back of the movie case?

[ottid]

In NZ (and I'm assuming Australia since we use some of their ratings) they are pretty much all over the case. Frequently on the front, especially if it is a different rating key to country of origin.

[Red_Dazes]

I don't think that Shakespeare renditions would be Exempt, rather they would be classified in the normal way - probably PG if it was a play, or possibly higher for some types of film adaptation.

Unless you check out the rendition of The Scottish Play that I did a few months back. Here I was wondering how Mac B. could be rated R.... Silly me. Excellent movie, but I will never view the sisters weird the same again.

[Jester]

Being Shakespeare, there shouldn't be to much to worry about... unless there's a version of "Henry V" starring Ron Jeremy out there somewhere...

* goes to IMBD to check *

Sorry, that's the wrong website to find that out.

But I'll save you the trouble and tell you that there are pornographic takes on Shakespeare. I didn't find any version of Henry V (though I didn't look very hard), but I did find "Shakespeare Revealed," "X Hamlet," "A Midsummer Night's Cream," and several others.

I haven't seen any of them, mind you (at least not yet), but the site I checked gave "Shakespeare Revealed" 4 out of 5 stars.

Thankfully, no Ron Jeremy.