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14A(14A) Coarse Language, Violence

Synopsis

Documentary. While the Egyptian revolution of 2011 is underway, surgeon turned comedian Bassem Youssef airs a television show that makes him popular to his countrymen but disliked by the government.

Content elements

  • Frequent, sometimes aggressive use of the sexual expletive and variations in a non-sexual context; infrequent use of scatological slang, profanity, and vulgar expressions
  • Frequent depictions of hand-to-hand and weapons violence in a civil unrest context – blood, some detail
  • Infrequent depictions of corpses - some detail
  • Infrequent tobacco use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

  • Humor and oppression
  • Free speech
  • Risk and sacrifice

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for violence and coarse language

Classification date

September 14, 2017

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