SchemaI. Introduction - History of the rating system and the MPAA (paragraphs 1-2)II. Thesis paragraph (3) THESIS: Wearing a mask of deceptive availability, the current system hijacks the role of the parent in choosing what is acceptable for our young people III. Current process and rating definitions (4)IV. The grading system is harmful to our childrenA. Ratings do not accurately reflect harmful and frightening images (5)B. The harmful effects of violence are inaccurately reflected in assessments (6)C. The evaluation panel makes many assumptions about what is acceptable in terms of sexual situations (7)V. Many parents realize that it is defective but accept it anyway (8)VI. Money is the cause of the poor implementation of the ratingA system. Filmmakers desire and receive certain ratings to earn more (9)B. An appeals process is sometimes very lenient (10)C. Large studios are much more likely to receive favorable ratings than smaller, independent filmmakers (11)VII. Need for a good rating system (12)Wes Craven is a Hollywood director who works primarily with the horror genre. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) regularly gives its films an R rating due to their intense violence and gore. While very few people would dispute these assessments, Craven is critical of the MPAA: "Obviously we don't have government censorship, that would be totalitarian. It would also be pointless. What we have is the MPAA. Supposedly the MPAA exists to save us from government censorship. It does . Censorship is a problem... half the paper... three decades of film censorship. Humanist 60.1 (2000): 9-13. Academic Search Elite. Palni SiteSearch.Goshen College Good Library. March 11, 2001.Schroeder, Ken. "In short. . .Rating TV Ratings." Education Digest 62.6 (1997): 73-75. Academic Search Elite. Palni SiteSearch. Goshen College Good Library. March 11, 2001. Valenti, Jack. "Hollywood, the Rating System, and the Movie-Going Audience" USA Today Magazine September 1993: 87. Academic Search Elite. Palni SiteSearch.Goshen College Good Library. March 11, 2001. Wilson, Barbara J., Daniel Linz, and Barbara Randall. “Application of Social Science Research to Movie Ratings: A Shift from Offensiveness to Harmful Effects.” Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 34 (1990). Academic Search Elite. Palni SiteSearch. Goshen College Good Library. March 11th. 2001.