arguement essay on unrated dvds...?

Question

ok, i'm veronica phan and i'm writing an arguement paper for school

its about unrated dvds

my posistion is supposed to be for unrated dvd's to be displayed separetly from the rated selection of movies in a video store.

i'm supposed to have three good reasons and be able to refute the most relevent objections to my arguement

i'm a little lost since this is my first paper, i'm not asking for anyone to WRITE my paper for me... i'm just asking for some feedback, suggestions or tips...

so far i have three reasons, i wanted to know if you thought these were good enough or if there was anyway to improve or replace them with better ones,

Reason One: In some cases, Unrated DVD's contain whole sex scenes or are based mostly on sex or drugs. Horror flims that are unrated sometimes have alot of nudity as well, these movies are meant for adults, right? then why not put them in the adult section?

ok, i'm out of room, read the updates for the rest...

Reason Two: Having Unrated dvd's on full display contribute to the corruption of children.

Some parents will be less likely to rent a dvd for their children if it is in a separate adult section.

most parents would never rent pornography for their child. this is because it is X-rated and kept behind a door with an adults only sign.

an Unrated DVD is also meant for the same age group as pornography alot of parents might see it as less inappropriate then pornography even if it isn't. Unrated DVD's don't have any regulation, one may only contain a small amount of nudity and have alot of explicit language while another could have seveal sex scenes. horror movies are sometimes rented by parents for their children because the parents think the movie is unrated because it is "extra scary" and feel that no harm can be done by being a little scared, until they see that victims of a horror film killer are raped before they are killed. after the movie is turned off, the damage stays.

Reason 3: The suggestiveness of the box art, although milder than that of pornography, is still inappropriate for children to look at. any eight-year-old would be able to get the ideas that the images portray. When someone is naked and covered only in the areas with private parts by a sign or a bush, the ideas of naked breasts and penises are still in their mind, and you know when they start giggleing that the damage is already done.

Answer 1

Secodn reason: many people do not look carefully at the boxes and grab, and they find they got a version that they really didn't want.

Third reason: Marketing. If you put the unrated extra bonus footage to one part of the building, you create, in the mind of the consumer, the notion that these videos are really "bad", as they have this footage that would make the film too terrible to see int he theaters.

Now, you are correct in thinking that the new footage has more gore, more violence, more sex or (in some cases) additional scenes to flesh out the pictures (the Director's Cut of the LOTR series).

Some folks may not want to park their keesters in front of the TV for 4 hours, sp, back to the marketing angle of it

Answer 2

This is what they will say in response to your arguments.

1. It is not economically feaseable for most stores to separate rated from unrated DVDs.

2. No nudity is shown on the covers of unrated DVDs, only X rated DVDs, which are in a second section.

3. The packages are clearly marked UNRATED so if you buy them and then find them morally disturbing then it is your fault and no one elses.

There are laws governing porn and this is not porn, or adult material, so to speak.

Most UNRATED DVDs are only unrated because of the extras that in clude the parts of the movies the censors took out. The movie has not been altered in almost every case.

If you do manage to buy an unrated video and want to bring it back , simply do not open it or even if you do they will normally take it back.

Mature matters are not normally sold to minors so that should not be an issue.

In other words, you have a very week case given that there is no harm so there can be no foul.

the only good argument that you could offer is that of supply and demand. With limited shelf space every inc take up by unrated material is one less inch that can go to rated material, therefore you get less titles than you would otherwise.

Answer 3

Personally, I don't think that unrated films SHOULD be displayed anywere else than where they are, but since you asked, I'll try to come up with some pros for you:

One good reason would be the fact that an unrated version of a film doesn't have to abide by the same rules as "rated" versions. If a film is unrated, the box may not list what the film contains that may be offensive to younger viewers (nudity/violence/drug use). Now, even though many unrated films aren't that graphic (the unrated Aliens Vs Predator for example has nothing that would make it anything but an R), the fact that they don't have to list what is or isn't in the film should make it less accessible to a younger viewer. So, since they don't have to say what is in the film, it may make it harder for a parent to judge whether or not a film that is unrated is age appropriate.

Hope that helps.

Answer 4

Reason 2: Unrated DVDs can be uncensored (uncut,uncalled and unedited) with more cussing,nudity,violence,raunchy,crude,
rude and drug
material. Unrated PG-13's can be like an R-rated version(they don't make G or PG unrateds) R's can be like an NC-17-rated version.If a romance movie is unrated, there'd be more club,drinking and stronger sex scenes. Example: I saw Jackass Number Two Unrated (Uncensored) and It had more nudity, unsafe stunts, rude jokes and cussing. It was like an NC-17 film (NC-17 means no one 18 even with an adult) not censored either.
Reason 3: They make unrated films for more money and different viewings to others. It has stuff not able to shown in theaters or left on the cutting room floor. They expand the film into it's half-original version.