Subject: next week
From: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: 26 May 2015 07:22:27 -0400

Dear All:  As we wind down the year, I wanted to let you know what we are doing next week. During the first couple of days of the week, we will be watching a film entitled, The Last Emperor.  This film came out in 1988 and won 9 Academy awards, including best picture. It is rated PG-13. It is a film about the last Chinese Emperor, Pu Yi, who took the throne in 1908 at the age of 3, deposed in 1911, and witnessed great upheaval in China. I think the film is perfectly fine for all students, but I have attached below the official MPAA parents guide, so you can see it and let me know if you have any concerns or issues.

Finally, please remind your child that they must return their new World History text book next week.  Thanks.

Burt Nadler

Sex & Nudity

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Suggested MPAA description: Rated 'PG-13' for Intense Thematic Material Involving Sexuality/Nudity, Violence, Drug Use, and Brief Strong Language.

We see rear and full-frontal nudity of a three-year-old as he is being bathed.

Two instances where we see the bare breasts of a wet nurse as she breastfeeds a boy, even at the age of eight.

We see a man and his two wives cavorting under the covers (only their figures covered by the sheets are visible), but they are interrupted by a eunuch.

Many eunuchs are featured in the film. Several are shown carrying jars which contain their testicles.

A woman questions her husband as to why he "won't make love" to her anymore.

One woman sucks another woman's toes as they smoke opium.

Violence & Gore

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A man attempts suicide by slitting his wrists, we hear the cuts and as he submerges his hands in a water-filled sink, we see blood cloud the water. Later, blood-soaked bandages are shown on his wrists.

We see an up-close view of a young boy's feces in a bowl, as a eunuch smells them to see if he is properly nourished. Not violent or gory, but definitely gross.

We hear fire outside a man's bedroom and see flames outside the window, the result of arson.

One man threatens another with a pistol.

A man is shot in the head from behind, and blood spurts from his head.

We hear a gunshot and see that a man has shot himself in the head; we see the bullet wound and a pool of blood form underneath.

There is archival footage of war atrocities including actual executions by gunfire as well as several close-ups of decomposed bodies. There is footage of a hand, badly burned from radiation, being treated.

Profanity

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The word "fuck" is said once near the end of the film.

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking

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Opium is shown being produced, sold, and used. Two of the principle characters are shown smoking opium. One is shown at several stages of her descent into addiction.

Wine is consumed at various parties throughout the film.

Frightening/Intense Scenes

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It is implied that a baby is killed

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