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Motion Picture Production Code
Topic Started: Jul 1 2010, 01:26 PM (129 Views)
Olive
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Also known as the Hays Code, this code was adopted in 1930 and forcibly utilized in 1934, by means of protecting its viewers. In 1968, the code was outmoded and replaced with the MPAA rating system.

The three principles for the Hays Code:

- No picture shall be produced that will lower the moral standards of those who see it. Hence the sympathy of the audience should never be thrown to the side of crime, wrongdoing, evil or sin.

- Correct standards of life, subject only to the requirements of drama and entertainment, shall be presented.

- Law, natural or human, shall not be ridiculed, nor shall sympathy be created for its violation.

Do you think the Hays code would survive in today's standards? Do you think the lack of the Hays code morphed society into open corruptness?
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The Hays code would most definitely not fit into todays society. I especially think the part about "law, natural or human shall not be ridiculed" would fall. Just watch anything on comedy central and you'll understand that.
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I am one of those few people who think that it was actually a good idea. I think it made films more creative, subtle, and intelligent. It was not a perfect system--it had its flaws--but I think that overall it contributed to the greatest era of movies that we will perhaps ever know.

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