6.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
Overview
A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung-fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy films, mafia films, and the fear that somebody is watching you on the other side of the TV.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Negative
Christianity: Negative
Viewer Rating
6.7
Overview
A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung-fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy films, mafia films, and the fear that somebody is watching you on the other side of the TV.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film is a sketch comedy that primarily focuses on apolitical humor, parody, and absurdity, without a discernible central political thesis or dominant ideological themes. Its critiques are broad cultural observations rather than specific political arguments.
The movie includes visible diversity in its cast, featuring Asian actors, but does not demonstrate explicit DEI-driven casting through intentional race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles. Its narrative, characteristic of a 1977 sketch comedy, employs broad satire without explicitly critiquing traditional identities from a DEI perspective.
Secondary
The Kentucky Fried Movie includes a character, Big Jim Slade, identified as gay in the 'Catholic High School Girls in Trouble' segment. His sexual orientation is presented as a comedic, shocking twist within a parody, rather than with dignity or complexity. This portrayal aligns with the film's irreverent and often problematic humor, resulting in a net negative impact on LGBTQ+ representation.
The film satirizes Christian institutions and figures through sketches like 'Catholic High School Girls in Trouble' and a televangelist parody. These portrayals depict aspects of the faith as hypocritical, absurd, or exploitative, with the humor derived from reinforcing negative stereotypes without any counterbalancing positive narrative.
The film 'The Kentucky Fried Movie' does not appear to feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. As such, there is no portrayal to evaluate, resulting in an N/A rating. No specific character arcs or plot points related to transsexual identity are present in the film's known narrative.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The Kentucky Fried Movie is an original sketch comedy film from 1977. Its characters are new creations for the film itself, without prior canonical or historical gender baselines to be swapped from.
The Kentucky Fried Movie is a sketch comedy film featuring original characters and parodies, not adaptations of pre-existing works with established character races or historical figures. Therefore, the concept of a race swap, as defined, does not apply.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.4
6.2
Critic Ratings
8.3
6.1
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