Evan Rachel Wood Slams MPAA for Censoring Sex Scene in 'Charlie Countryman'
The actress takes to Twitter to decry "a society that wants to shame women and put them down for enjoying sex."
The phantasmagorical noir Charlie Countryman hit theaters earlier this month, but after finally catching up with the finished version of the film, star Evan Rachel Wood walked away none too pleased.Music video director Fredrik Bond's first feature -- which follows Shia LaBeouf as the title character who loses himself to love, mystery, and the colorful underbelly of Bucharest, -- debuted at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival before heading back to the editing room for another round of tinkering.
During that process, scenes of intimacy between LaBeouf and Wood's character, a local cellist Charlie falls for upon first sight, were cut out because of MPAA demands.
Wood took to Twitter Wednesday afternoon to call out the movie ratings organization, who describe themselves as “a board of parents who consider factors such as violence, sex, language and drug use, then assign a rating they believe the majority of American parents would give a movie.”
The MPAA rated Charlie Countryman for “some brutal violence, language throughout, sexuality/nudity and drug use.”
After seeing the new cut of #CharlieCountryman I would like 2 share my disappointment with the MPAA, who thought it was necessary to...
— Evan Rachel Wood (@evanrachelwood) November 27, 2013
...censor a womans sexuality once again. The scene where the two main characters make "love" was altered because someone felt that seeing...
— Evan Rachel Wood (@evanrachelwood) November 27, 2013
...a man give a woman oral sex made people "uncomfortable" but the scenes in which people are murdered by having their heads blown off...
— Evan Rachel Wood (@evanrachelwood) November 27, 2013
...remained intact and unaltered. This is a symptom of a society that wants to shame women and put them down for enjoying sex, especially...
— Evan Rachel Wood (@evanrachelwood) November 27, 2013
...when (gasp) the man isn't getting off as well! Its hard for me to believe that had the roles been reversed it still would have been cut..
— Evan Rachel Wood (@evanrachelwood) November 27, 2013
...OR had the female character been raped it would have been cut. Its time for people to GROW UP. Accept that woman are sexual beings...
— Evan Rachel Wood (@evanrachelwood) November 27, 2013
...Accept that some men like pleasuring woman. Accept that woman don't have to just be fucked and say thank you...
— Evan Rachel Wood (@evanrachelwood) November 27, 2013
...We are allowed and entitled to enjoy ourselves. Its time we put our foot down...
— Evan Rachel Wood (@evanrachelwood) November 27, 2013
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