X-rated is a rating label for films and movies that are intended to only be viewed and consumed by adults, or people over the age of eighteen. It is usually a label one finds on the most explicit films, whether sexually graphic or otherwise, including violence and course language. This is usually one step more graphic than the typical R-rating we see on violent films, or films that show a little ass or boob.
When X-rated first came out in America, it was mostly used for violent films, films with coarse language, and anything that bordered on communism. However, by the 1970’s, when pornography was becoming more acceptable, a lot of porn films started slapping the X-rated label on their films. Soon enough, American movie theaters began to associate all X-rated films with pornography and refused to play them in their theaters, even if it was just a violent film. As a result, the R-rated system was created, that way someone who wanted to see Leathal Weapon 4, didn’t end up accidentally seeing Leathal Weapon 12.5: Half an inch to Hell.
The distinguishing factor between an X-rated and R-rated film usually has to do with two factors; use of body parts, and the presence of bodily fluids. The use of body parts has to do with how that body part is revealed, but also the purpose or function it serves in the film. For example, if a female takes a shower, and for a brief moment as she wraps that towel around her body we get a glimpse of her supple, gleaming white breasts, but there is no further nudity or sexual content, then it is rated R. Even if a serial killer comes out from behind the door and rapes her, as long as we don’t see her boobs again, or any further nudity or sexual penetration, then it’s simply an R-rated film. If, however, the girl starts rubbing Vaseline or hand cream all over her tits, and eventually invites the serial killer to join in and help her reach her back with the cream, then it would most likely venture into an X-rated film.
In regards to bodily fluids, the rating system has a lot to do with how much fluid is present, and how it is extracted. It is important to note that bodily fluid can refer to urine, semen, vaginal discharge, liquid shit, or blood. For example, In Something about Mary, Ben Stiller is seen masturbating in the washroom before his big date, but they do not show his actual penis. They simply show him hunched over the bathroom sink making an O face when he cums. Of course, he loses his ejaculate and the viewers later discover that it is stuck in his hair. Now, even though we actually see the cum, it is still only an R-rated film because we did not see the cum in a sexually explicit situation or manner. If, however, we had seen Ben Stiller blow a load all over his own head (which is impossible and retarded, like most of the movie), then it would have been an X-rated film. Similarly, if Cameron Diaz had received a vigorous cumshot facial from Ben Stiller, instead of just mistaking it for hair gel and rubbing it into her own scalp, then it would have definitely been rated X.
1. When Uncle Herb told the Baby Sitter she could watch an X-rated film with the kids, he had no idea she meant Sash Grey’s Anal Acrobats!
2. If a film in Germany manages to get an X-rated label, then it must be some hardcore shit. I once saw double penetration in a PG film in Berlin!
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