> I keep thinking we need more ratings, to avoid situations where Whale Rider and Austin Powers keep company, while serious mature works are cut to fit into inappropriate but more saleable rating categories. Create an "A" (adult) rating between R and NC-17, to accommodate mature work while avoiding the unofficial media/theater boycott of the NC-17.

Isn't that why the NC-17 rating was created in the first place - to avoid the stigma of hard-core porn that had attached itself to X?