Gay or Straight for us in Brazil Media 'a Kiss is Just a Kiss'

 

"Sometimes when we receive criticism, saying that we are responsible for not letting go to a gay kiss on the TV. This is not true, kiss for us has no sexuality, gay or straight, is just a kiss. " The statement is Henrique Oliveira da Rocha, a binder content of the Ministry of Justice. Responsible for monitoring the content of broadcast television, he talked with the IG last week and talked a bit about the routine of those who spend their days watching television programming, taking notes and responding to controversial scenes complaints arising from the stations.

With 28 years of age, graduated in Information Systems, Henry arrives at the Ministry of Justice at 7 am. Go up to the third floor of the annex building and entered a room where he and his colleagues each of classifiers has a cubicle with about eight square meters, two chairs, a computer and a television.

"When you get to evaluate the complaints received through the 'Contact Us'. The last was on the novel 'The Game' [Record]. The complaint claimed the presence of weapons in the plot and questioned if that could be displayed in a classified program for 12 years. I said yes, threatening with a weapon gives us a trend classification for 10 years. For each report send a response to the author, "he said.

After looking at the complaints and follow up the answers, Henry begins his journey in the monitoring of television programs. How is the very station that indicates to what age your program is shown, the officials of the Ministry simply evaluate the program aired, and analyze whether it really is according to the age of promise.

At about 15h, Henry was watching an episode of "Glee." Every scene in which a content described in the Practical Guide to Rating System is seen, a "pause" in the display and is given a note with the minutes and seconds in which it appears is made.

"The character just say, 'Your husband is hiding the sausage in a basket of cold that is not your'. That would be a language metaphorically referring to sex, which indicates a trend of classification for 12 years, "he said.

As the Globe conveys the attraction on Saturday mornings, it must be free or suitable for ages 10 and older. Following the appeal, Henry takes on new notes. At some point there is "irregular consumption of medication and self-medication, other points that can lead to 12 years."

Asked about the possibility of sorting out this episode of 10 years and up to 12, which would cause it could only be displayed after 20h, Henry is wary. "We do not just watch. For it is necessary to evaluate whether there is mitigating and counterpoints. The message in the end may be not to use drugs, be neutral about it, or encouraging the use correctly. This is important when we do the qualifying, "he said.

Monitoring the eight channels of programming, said Henry became fond of novels. Among them cited "Ti-ti-ti" and "Bite and Blow." "This last I am monitoring now".

 

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