It’s ironic that many series on television today are rated “MA” (mature audiences), when realistically they should be labelled “AA”, for adolescent audiences – or adolescent minds. Consider the gratuitous sex and explicit language (which would once have earned films an “X” rating) of Peaky Blinders, The Last Czars and Carnival Row. Aren’t such shows really designed for the early-to-mid pubescent mind, displaying things that teens suppose will make them feel “grown up” but are really sadly immature?
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it’s ironic that many series on television today are rated “ma” (mature audiences), when realistically they should be labelled “aa”, for ado...
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