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Date: 2001-10-26 12:37:47

Comment:

Ahh, Mssr. Valenti. It must be nice to be the man who continues the fine tradition of the Hayes Office.

The man's a joke. If you really want that PG all you have to do is kiss his ancient ass. The man knows how much power he wields and he loves it. He uses those little letters that he out as bait and/or blackmail fodder.

It never ceases to amaze me how overt he is. The next time someone in the industry bad mouths him, follow up on their attempt to get a rating.
One of the most blatant examples is the South Park Movie. When the MPAA gave it an X and the original title was an issue, the filmakers changed it to the obvious pee-nis reference that it is now known as.
When Valenti discovered that he didn't catch it, he was quoted as saying that it should have stayed an X! Gee, I wonder if they would have kissed his ass if there ever would have been a problem?

Of course, I love all this crap that's going on with how indiugnant he is with a certain Senator who wants to restrict what we see. How dare someone think about taking Valenti's power away!

Hopefully, he will either step down soon (or shuffle off his mortal coil) and someone who's not quite as prudish or can be bought will take over. I'm not that naive though. It will be some little Valenti clone.