I'd argue that the mental illness on the protagonist's part and the attendant anguish that causes him are sufficiently adult subjects that an R rating is called for, far moreso than a few f-bombs dropped in conversations that kids probably hear in real life fairly regularly.

I think reading The Bell Jar and Johnny Got His Gun in high school probably disturbed me more that that freaky bunny would have. But to me, the more real the story is the more disturbing it can be.

I remember Sixteen Candles being shown at my high school. The vice principal was in the projection booth turning down the volume or putting his hand over the lens at the "objectionable" moments. It was lame, but I think they avoided parental complaints.

Isn't it a bad idea to tell people how to mix those chemicals? Isn't that bad karma?

Pretty widely known. Also more of a deterrent than anything -tells you how tough it is, does not really tell you how to get around the obstacles (though I bet you could find out pretty quickly).

Also given that we are keeping people from taking water onboard airplanes (which have dangerously dry air) on the grounds that particular chemistry was to be used to blow them up, it seems reasonable to explain why it would not have worked. I mean do you leave overhyped allegations unrefuted? Or simply say that the plots as described were implausible without providing evidence?

Here's an explanation, TB.

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I remember Sixteen Candles being shown at my high school. The vice principal was in the projection booth turning down the volume or putting his hand over the lens at the "objectionable" moments.

What were those, anyway?

I remember that when it was shown on TV, they cut the potsmoking scene

I remember that when it was shown on TV, they cut the potsmoking scene

That's what I was thinking, but then I remembered that was in The Breakfast Club. Was there pot in Sixteen Candles too?

I think there was a scene in the girls shower that got the hand over the lens treatment. The other stuff was just language.

I don't envy the person working the volume control to censor a movie that featured a character named Long Duk Dong.

I think there was a scene in the girls shower that got the hand over the lens treatment. The other stuff was just language.

You're thinking of Porky's. (Sorry. Just kidding.)

There was the wierd scene of Long Duck Dong and his tall and large-breasted girlfriend making on onan exercise bicycle with his face in her bosom that has stayed with me for many years.