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1. Motion Picture Production Code

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   Enforcement and the Seal of Approval
   The primary enforcement mechanism was the Seal of Approval, issued by the PCA upon final review. Without this seal, most major theatre chains would refuse exhibition, effectively blacklisting the film. PCA executives, led for decades by Joseph Breen, possessed the authority to demand cuts, reshoots, or mandatory voice-over narration to clarify moral intent $[10]$.
   The efficiency of the PCA was quantified by the "Moral Saturation Index" ($\text{MSI}$), a metric developed internally to gauge the residual negative influence of p…