Fluffed Rating...Romcom Dorfman rated PG-13 after appealing R Rating for the word 'fluffer'

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The independent romantic comedy Dorfman has won a battle to have its R rating changed to a PG-13, the appeals board of the Motion Picture Assn. of America has said. The movie had been assigned an R rating because of some sexual content , specifically the word fluffer, which refers to an employee on an adult film set who prepares male actors for performing sex scenes. The appeals board heard statements from both the film’s producer, Leonard Hill, and its writer, Wendy Kout, as well as MPAA chairwoman Joan Graves. After conferring briefly, the board unanimously overturned the rating, 12-0. Hill commented: We were basically told that unless we replaced the word in question with a term less noxious — like ‘hooker’ or ‘stripper’ — that we had to keep the R rating. It seems so bizarre and arbitrary. Still, we made a determination to appeal it, even though we had to waste two months and $300 for the right to appeal, which isn’t nothing for a small production like we are.

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