College inquiry on history of and in the news of the MPAA

1. Start by showing a few clips from movie Bully and explain what it’s about.

2. Reveal the thesis behind the inquiry and what I will explain

3. • Talk about petition to get Bully movie rating changed from ‘R’ rating to ‘PG-13’. Show
change.org’s online petition and talk about motivation to get rating changed.

4. • Discuss a brief history of the MPAA and the first iteration of the ratings system.

5. • Inform the viewer that the MPAA even puts ratings on movie trailers.
Discuss the difference.

6. • Talk about MPAA CEO Chris Dodd and his involvement in the MPAA.

7. • Talk about who the MPAA is and start to explain how they rate a movie.

8. • Inform how the movie prompted the MPAA to institute the ‘PG-13’ rating.

9. • Talk about and show movie posters for Red Dawn, Dreamscape and Woman in Red being
first PG-13 distributed films.

10. • Go into detail about criticisms of the MPAA.

11. • Lots of directors believe the MPAA is out to get them or the reason they give a certain
rating doesn’t make sense

12. • Give major examples of how the MPAA is contradictory and sometimes doesn’t make
sense

13. • Discuss how this inquiry matters. How the MPAA effects us. Talk a little about where the
MPAA might be headed.