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Comedy, Adventure  •  1974  •  90 min

Tarzan in the City (1974)

Tarzan in the City poster

Tarzan in the City (1974)

Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Center
Diversity: High
Race Swap: Yes
Family Values: Strongly Traditional
Viewer Rating
7.3

Overview

Darman, his daughter Ida, and Slamet the servant, go into the woods to hunt. Ida was lost when Darman and Slamet are chasing a tiger. Ida ends up in Tarsan's hut. They become close though at first, Tarsan has problems speaking the Indonesian language. Then he agrees to go to the city and learn how to be an urbanite. It is not easy as he is even harassed by Ida’s friends who do not like him.

Starring Cast

Benyamin S.  •   Ida Royani  •   Awaludin

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

Political: Center
Confidence: High

Tarsan Kota follows a jungle-raised man who leaves the forest to learn city life after rescuing a lost woman, facing mockery from urbanites while struggling with language and social norms. The story centers on his individual efforts to adapt and integrate into modern society.

Diversity: High
Confidence: High

The movie demonstrates significant DEI through the explicit racial recasting of the traditionally white role of Tarzan with an Indonesian actor. The narrative, however, maintains a neutral or positive framing of traditional identities and does not center on strong, explicit DEI critiques.

Secondary

Race Swap: Yes
Confidence: High

The character Tarzan, canonically established as a white Englishman, is portrayed by Benyamin S., an Indonesian actor, constituting a race swap for the titular character.

Family Values: Strongly Traditional
Confidence: Low

The film's narrative centers on a wealthy family's desire to reunite with their lost son, implicitly endorsing traditional family structures, stable marriage, and parental authority as ideal norms, even within a comedic framework where the protagonist struggles to adapt to these established societal and familial expectations.

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High

The film 'Tarzan in the City' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on comedic situations arising from the protagonist's adaptation to urban life, without incorporating elements related to queer identity or experiences.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: High

The film "Tarzan in the City" (1974) does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes within its narrative. Plot summaries and available information indicate the film is a comedy focused on a jungle man's adaptation to urban life, without any elements related to transgender identity or experiences.

Female Combat: No
Confidence: High

The film is a comedy centered on Tarzan's experiences in the city. There are no significant female characters depicted engaging in or winning close-quarters physical combat against male opponents. Female characters do not participate in action sequences that meet the specified criteria.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High

The film features a male character inspired by Tarzan, played by a male actor. The female lead is an original character, not a gender-swapped version of an established Tarzan character like Jane. No canonical characters from the Tarzan universe are depicted with a different gender.

Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: High

Not depicted in the film.

Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.3

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
6.6
The Movie Database logo
8.0

Critic Ratings

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N/A
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N/A

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