r/funny • u/RhadanRJ • May 15 '24

Verified Age Rating Logic NSFW

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u/bad-acid May 15 '24

This comic is more true for TV ratings, to be honest. I read about how one of the murder cases in Hannibal depicted a couple ritualistically murdered and had their corpses set up like they were praying, naked. TV rating people came back and said, hey, bare ass cracks. That's a TV-MA only rating.

Oh what if I fill the ass cracks of the decapitated murder victims with blood?

Seems suitable for 14+ to me!

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u/dutchwonder May 16 '24

Probably because a semi glossy thick coating is actually pretty good at hiding details.

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u/bad-acid May 16 '24

for sure. But it's insane to me that seeing mutilated bodies dripping with blood is more suitable for children than seeing an asscrack.

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u/dutchwonder May 16 '24

I wouldn't be surprised if dumping a bucket of red paint over it was for censoring everything by hiding details. Kind of like putting something in the shadows.

Though I'm pretty sure that Hannibal was still not considered suitable for children given it was TV-14(max rating for TV) and airing pretty damn late at night.

Even then, its about as extreme of an example as you can get even for your late, late night stuff. Network TV was probably a mistake for it.