By Dan Macrae
Michael Moore‘s upcoming documentary Where to Invade Next (click here) has been branded an R-rated offering by the MPAA. The filmmaker’s offered up his own guide for teens to sneak into the movie (which probably got an unlikely workout from Deadpool‘s debut), but one theater chain is cutting out the middleman in getting teens past the ominious Restricted rating.
The theaters in the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema chain will be adopting a modified policy for would-be viewers aged 17 or younger that won’t be attending with a parent, guardian or drifter they paid to pose as their uncle. The company says the film is too “important” to adhere by the MPAA’s ruling and will relax their policies to allow teens aged 15 and up to see the movie without supervision. Drafthouse founder/CEO Tim League announced this plan in an open letter addressed to “The Parents of America.”...
Where to Invade Next is a very important film. It ranks Americans among the most neglected people by their government in the First World today. Americans are going through upheavals of their social and cultural contract. The film finally calls an end to the rhetorical political America and asks; what are we thinking, what are we doing and where are we going? But, most importantly is there actually a destination at the end of our political and social priorities?
The film places Americans in esteem and breaks the taboo of what most Americans believe, "America is the greatest country on Earth." Not. But, it does say, "We can be the greatest country on Earth, again."
