Stereotypes In The Film Industry

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R rated movies are really tough to get into when you're under the age of 18. It's not really that fair to other people when they're younger because they've wanting to see this movie. The age has to go down to at least 13 and over so everybody can watch the movie and not show any ID when entering.
That's another thing about changing the age, ID. Showing ID to the employee in the front is kinda stupid, yes it's rated R, but some R rated films don't really have that much content. For example, a 15 year old buys a ticket to watch the movie, "Logan", this film is rated R due to some violence and drug use, and the movie has no sexual content what so ever. The 15 year old has been waiting in line for almost an hour just to watch the movie with his

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