Unlike the MPAA we do not assign
one
inscrutable rating based on age, but 3 objective ratings for SEX/NUDITY, VIOLENCE/GORE
and PROFANITY on a scale of 0 to 10, from lowest to highest,
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Documentary about Vince Vaughn, three comedians and four actors, as they travel in a bus across the country, performing in a different city every night for 30 nights. Also with Ahmed Ahmed, Peter Billingsley, John Caparulo, Bret Ernst, Justin Long, Sebastian Maniscalco, Keir O'Donnell. Directed by Ari Sandel. [1:40]
SEX/NUDITY 4 - A comedian signs a woman's chest and she pulls her top to the side, slightly revealing more cleavage. Women wear low-cut tops that reveal cleavage in several scenes. We see a drawing of a man bare-chested and with a leaf over his crotch. ► Several women flirt with a comedian and invite him out for drinks. ► Two comedians perform in a skit and one plays the part of a woman (he wears a wig); they move toward each other for a kiss and the screen goes black (we do not see them kiss). ► A comedian talks about "stripper ads" on cards depicting nude women that are passed out on the street in Las Vegas. A comedian makes jokes about pornography on the Internet and mentions bestiality. A comedian makes jokes about women wearing revealing clothing and clothing with suggestive phrases on it. ► A comedian makes a joke about a woman performing a sex act on a stranger. A comedian talks about men watching pornographic movies together and that he watches them alone for his "alone time" (implying self-gratification). A comedian makes a joke about men performing sex acts on other men for a million dollars. A comedian talks about his showering habits and that he puts baby powder and cologne on his crotch, and then talks about women "spending time there" (implying oral sex). ► A comedian makes jokes about his brother, who was gay. A man talks about his role in a movie and that he played a gay young man. A comedian talks about not having a girlfriend. ► A comedian makes a reference to bodily fluids in a sandwich.
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VIOLENCE/GORE 2 - People talk about people losing everything after hurricane Katrina. We see a trailer park where people who lost their homes after hurricane Katrina have taken refuge. ► A boy in a movie scene is struck in the eye by an icicle after shooting it with his BB gun (no blood and he's OK). ► A comedian describes having been arrested in an airport because he looked Middle Eastern. A comedian makes jokes about being part Italian and part Native American and owning a casino. ► A comedian makes a joke about stabbing someone in the neck on the dance floor. We hear that a comedian's brother died from AIDS. A comedian talks about feeling suicidal when he "bombs" on-stage. ► A comedian makes a joke about his brother being born and complaining about being covered in a placenta. A comedian describes a woman after having had too much to drink and that she vomited, and then describes a man in the same state. A comedian makes a reference to bodily fluids in a sandwich. A man tells his dog that his breath smells like "poop."
SUBSTANCE USE - Several men toast with drinks (looks like champagne), two men drink beer, a man holds a beer bottle, a man drinks wine and says that if he drinks beer he becomes belligerent, and a comedian tells jokes about people drinking too much in clubs. A man smokes a cigarette in a couple of scenes. People talk about having acted in an after school special about steroid use and abuse.
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Stereotypes, terrorists, Buck Owens, traveling America, AIDS, single parenting, hurricane Katrina, Muslims, 9/11, post-9/11 attitudes, fetishes, racial profiling, depression, validation, suicide, being humbled, homosexuality, comedy is cathartic, steroid use and abuse.
MESSAGE - Know yourself and be honest. Traveling is an education.
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