CAP Report MAR-0031, SILENT FALL (1994)

ChildCare Action Project:
Christian Analysis of American Culture (CAP)

Entertainment Media Analysis Report

MAR-0031
Silent Fall (1994)
R
CAP Score: 42
CAP ID: 1.44

Thomas A. Carder
CAP President

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Silent Fall presented child actors in most vulgar and offensive roles: foul language, hate, murder, pornographic abuse, masochism, and sadism.

Wanton Violence/Crime (W) took a hard blow due to

physical assult of an adult authority figure by a child
presentation of blood from murdered parents
multiple threats by a child to kill
presentation of a child covered in blood
a multitude of evil acts by a child
adolescent violence in the name of autistic immunity
insane combativeness by a child
holding someone at gunpoint

Impunity/Hate (I) lost all but its toes because of

foul language(1) -- much of it by a child
a child banging his head on a wall
a child running from righteous authority

Sex/Homosexuality (S) was had about a half load left due to

frequent and even flippant references to child abuse (While talking about child abuse is necessary to develop means to combat it, constant and blase talk about it might desensitize the observer to the horror and gravity of child abuse.)
inapprorpiate clothing worn inappropirately by a teen actress (showing underwear and posterior skin)
attempt of a teen girl to seduce her doctor
pornographic pictures of child sexual abuse and blase talk of sexual abuse.

The Drugs/Alcohol (D) score lost points when the teenage girl consumed wine and drugged her doctor. A bar scene was inappropriate and cost a point.

The resultant score in the Offense to God (O) Investigation Area was less than horrible due to, of course, the frequent use of God's name in vain.(2) The zero score was too lenient.

The Murder/Suicide (M) score was gnawed down by the presentation of

a double murder of parents
attempted murder by a teen
a child begging for death
newsprint about child suicide.

In accordance with the comparative baseline database, Silent Fall was equivalent to R-rated material in Wanton Violence/Crime, Impunity/Hate, and Offense to God. The movie presented material equivalent to PG-13 material in Sex/Homosexuality and Murder/Suicide. Silent Fall was equivalent to PG material in Drugs/Alcohol. Thus, Silent Fall was equivalent to the comparative baseline data corresponding to 50% R-rated material, 33% PG-13 material, and 17% PG-rated material.

Below is the table showing the scoring in each of the Investigation Areas plus the Final Score drawn from the actual CAP Report. In addition, the number of examples per hour of unacceptable material in each of the Investigation Areas is provided.

Silent Fall CAP Scorecard

(1) As noted in CAP Special Report-0001, "Investigation Area and Scoring Trend" Impunity/Hate was the strongest presence in all four movie classifications. I pray you will find time to read Special Report-0001. It has a strong revelation about the entertainment media.

(2) The use of the three/four letter word vocabulary is incorporated into the Impunity/Hate Investigation Area. The use of God's name in vain with and without the three/four letter word vocabulary is incorporated into the Offense to God Investigation Area.

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