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Over at Offsprung.com (who snagged the list from allmovie.com), there's a humorous collection of ten of the most ridiculous reasons the MPAA has ever given for film ratings. You know, the list of offenses they put underneath a "PG" or an "R," to give parents a better idea of what exactly their child will be subjected to. (And then the parent can say, "Hmm, 'extreme pervasive graphic violence, including shootings, stabbings, beheadings, disembowlings, and castrations?' Oh well, as long as my son won't see a boob!"). I personally love it when the MPAA has to go all out with their rating descriptions, when it's clear that they just find a movie wrong on every level. When I see a full paragraph under that "R" rating, I know that it's probably a film I need to see. Take Grindhouse, for example. Rated R for "strong graphic bloody violence and gore, pervasive language, some sexuality, nudity and drug use." A grand slam!

My favorite MPAA reason on the allmovie list is probably the one for Twister, which was Rated PG-13 back in 1996 for "intense depiction of very bad weather!" The 1994 Jamie Lee Curtis thriller Mother's Boys was Rated R for "language and a mother's sociopathic behavior." Number one on their list is the Nick Nolte snoozer Jefferson in Paris, which was rated PG-13 in 1995 for "mature themes, some images of violence, and" -- get this -- "a bawdy puppet show!" That's fine and good, but while we're on the subject of hardcore marionette action, I prefer the reason given for Team America: World Police's R Rating -- "graphic crude and sexual humor, violent images and strong language - all involving puppets." The allmovie list is a solid one, although I'm fairly certain I've seen even funnier rating descriptions elsewhere. If you guys know of any, please share in the comments.

What I always thought what made Will Ferrell so funny was how committed he was to creating characters who were totally oblivious to how the rest of the world saw them, with Buddy The Elf and Ron Burgundy standing out as some of his best. I even thought he was one of the best things about Melinda and Melinda because he is among the few actors in a Woody Allen movie that wasn't determined to play Woody Allen. For Ferrell it never seemed to be about about profanity, it was about absurdity.

In an interview with Suicide Girls director Adam McKay he confirmed that his next project with Ferrell and John C. Reilly is not concerned with what he calls the "PG-13 Game" and instead is aiming for a solid R rating for their upcoming comedy Step Brothers. Since most Will Ferrell films read like an improv session anyway, it shouldn't be a surprise that so far the project consists of an outline and about 25 pages of a shooting script, but McKay says, "We're not stopping language or nudity. Already there are a couple jokes that have nudity and just 25 pages into it we've already said F*ck about seven times". The project is set to go into production this July, so we'll have to wait and see if working blue is the key to success for the trio.

[via Dark Horizons]