domenica 11 marzo 2012
sabato 10 marzo 2012
BULLY (Official Trailer) In Select Theaters March 30th
LOS ANGELES — Katy Butler hasn't forgotten what it was like to be bullied in the seventh grade, when a group of boys surrounded her, taunted her and broke her finger by slamming it into a locker.
Now 17, Butler has become the face of a campaign to change the rating of "Bully," a documentary that tracks victims and perpetrators of bullying in American schools. The film, set for release this month, has been rated R for its language content.
Butler, along with distributors the Weinstein Co., wants the rating changed to PG-13 so more young people can see it.
"This could change bullying and save lives," the high-school junior from Ann Arbor, Mich., said.
The Weinstein Co. appealed the R-rating, but the Motion Picture Association of America, which oversees movie ratings, declined to change it. That inspired Butler to start an online campaign on Change.org, a website that publishes community petitions and funded Butler's trip to Los Angeles.
The teenage activist collected more than 200,000 signatures in just 10 days and delivered them Wednesday to the MPAA's headquarters in hopes it might reconsider its decision.
Among the signatories is Ellen DeGeneres, who discussed the film on Wednesday's episode of her talk show.
"I can tell you after seeing this movie, the lessons that the kids learn from this movie are more important than any words they might hear - and they're words they already know anyway," DeGeneres said.
She introduced Butler, who was sitting in the audience, and told the teen: "Good for you. I'm proud of you."
So far, more than 224,000 people have signed Butler's online petition with the headline: "MPAA: Don't let the bullies win! Give `Bully' a PG-13 instead of an R rating!"
Butler carted four boxes packed with papers containing the signatures she collected into the MPAA building in Los Angeles. Officials met with the teenager and her mother but have declined to revise the film's rating.
"Even though we think this is a wonderful film and very worthwhile film for people to see, our main purpose is to give parents information on the level of content," Joan Graves, chairman of the classification and rating administration, said in an interview. "She wants us to ignore the level of content because this is a good film, and we can't do that. We have to be consistent."
Graves said the organization often meets with individuals and groups seeking changes in film ratings, but this is the first time a teenager has spearheaded such a campaign.
"We always pay attention to groups who are trying to give us information about how they feel," Graves said. "Our whole goal is to rate films the way the majority of American parents would rate them."
Butler's mother, Anne Butler, has seen "Bully" and calls it "important and empowering," despite the profanity it contains.
"There's some language in the film, but the language is the language kids use every day at school," said Anne Butler, who is also the mother of a 13-year-old girl. "This is kids' language. It's not an adult situation with adult language. This is what our kids see and hear every single day."
venerdì 9 marzo 2012
Hostages killed, now any political controversy, it is useless....Ostaggi uccisi, ormai qualsiasi polemica politica, è inutile
but may have been important, the political controversy between Italy and Great Britain, on the fact that Italy, has been advised or not, of the British raid, which led to the killing of giovanni lamolinara and Christopher McManus, now the hostages are died, all the rest does not matter anymore, we must think of the poor families of these two men....
ma che importanza possono avere ormai, le polemiche politiche tra italia e gran bretagna, sul fatto che l'italia, sia stata avvisata o no, del blitz inglese, che ha portato all'uccisione di giovanni la molinara e Christopher McManus, ormai gli ostaggi sono morti, tutto il resto non conta piuu', bisogna pensare alle povere famiglie di questi due uomini
giovedì 8 marzo 2012
LIBERARE MONTI, OSTAGGIO DI BERLUSCONI
Mentre l’esigenza è quella di rinnovare non solo il Cda, ma l’intera governance della Rai, restituendola al suo ruolo naturale di servizio pubblico e non a mero contenitore in balia dei politici di turno, come negli ultimi anni è capitato. Proprio per questo bisogna superare l’anomalia per la quale l’azionista del servizio pubblico è il Ministero dell’Economia e occorre coinvolgere gli utenti nella governance dell'azienda attraverso un Consiglio per le Comunicazioni audiovisive, i cui membri dovrebbero essere in maggioranza nominati dalla società civile.
E ancora, prevedere la nomina dei vertici mediante concorsi pubblici in base a criteri di professionalità, competenza nel campo radiotelevisivo ed indipendenza. Infine dare la possibilità agli abbonati Rai di collaborare tramite modalità interrattive di controllo e di valutazione (magari utilizzando piattaforme web ad hoc).
Ma Monti è ostaggio del conflitto di interessi di Berlusconi e per questo fa l’agnello sui temi scomodi a Mediaset, ma riesce a trovare un coraggio da leone quando c'è da attaccare i diritti di milioni di lavoratori, con l’abolizione dell’Articolo 18.
La Rai non solo è un bene comune, ma bene primario. Per questo, come cittadini e utenti, non possiamo tacere e dobbiamo reagire. Questa è l’occasione giusta. Per eliminare l’influenza dei partiti nel servizio pubblico e per riportare la democrazia dell’informazione ai livelli degli altri Paesi europei.
Così libereremo Monti dall’abbraccio mortale del conflitto di interessi.
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