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this isn't necessarily the case, to be blunt. this implies that the MPAA has very strict standards on what will and won't cause a film to end up as PG-13 or R—in reality, the MPAA is incredibly arbitrary and will rate things up or down more or less based on vibes. (an infamous example was rating a female masturbation scene NC-17, while a male masturbation scene got an R.)
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* CommonKnowledge: Jeffery Katzenberg did not edit the film so that it wouldn't receive an R rating. The misconception comes from the fact that Jeffery Katzenberg edited the movie due to it being "too dark" for the test screen audience due to the "cauldron born" sequence containing a violent scene of a man dissolving graphically. In fact, if it remained unedited, it ''still'' would've received a PG rating by mid-1980s standards (even after the creation of the PG-13 rating), considering that Disney's[[note]]The film was released under the [[Creator/{{Touchstone Pictures}} Touchstone Pictures]] label, but still.[[/note]] own ''Film/MissionToMars'' received a PG rating in 2000 despite including an equally violent scene where a Martian vortex rips a man to shreds.
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* CommonKnowledge: Jeffery Katzenberg did not edit the film so that it wouldn't receive an R rating. The misconception comes from the fact that Jeffery Katzenberg edited the movie due to it being "too dark" for the test screen audience due to the "cauldron born" sequence containing a violent scene of a man dissolving graphically. In fact, if it remained unedited, it ''still'' would've received a PG rating by mid-1980s standards (even after Considering the creation kinds of the PG-13 rating), considering films that Disney's[[note]]The got rated PG at the same time (not even PG-13), it's pretty likely the film was released under the [[Creator/{{Touchstone Pictures}} Touchstone Pictures]] label, but still.[[/note]] own ''Film/MissionToMars'' received would still have been a high PG rating in 2000 despite including an equally violent scene where a Martian vortex rips a man to shreds.at most.
