'Passag' is NC-17, 'Red, Whe & Royal Blue' is R—are gay films beg rated on a stricter sle?
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'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
As many are quick to pot out, Passag‘ NC-17 ratg reeks of homophobia, spirg wrer-director Sachs to ll out the MPA for beg “anti-gay, anti-progrs, anti-sex. The whole thg brgs to md the recent R-ratg for Amazon’s upg gay rom- Red, Whe & Royal Blue, based off the popular book of the same name by Casey McQuiston—self a massive h wh olr teen and young adult dienc.
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The seri centers on Charlie, a young gay teenager, who was bullied relentlsly by his peers last year when they found out he was gay. It's an important show bee shows what a gay relatnship n look like later life and that 's never too late to live as one's thentic self. In the seri, Ryan, a gay man wh cerebral palsy, ref to let his visibily set hold him back as he tri to fd love, iendships, and pennce the world.