Leans Traditional
6.6
Murder by Death
(1976)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Negative
Three Who Returned (1969)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Not Rated
Overview
"This film deals with South Vietnam's "Open Arms" program, designed to encourage communist defectors. The film presents three defectors who tell how Chieu Hoi leaflets persuaded them to desert the North. Their stories offer a candid and telling testimonial against the Viet Cong. The film was produced and directed by William Bayer" (US National Archives).
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Buddhism: Positive
Christianity: Negative
Overview
"This film deals with South Vietnam's "Open Arms" program, designed to encourage communist defectors. The film presents three defectors who tell how Chieu Hoi leaflets persuaded them to desert the North. Their stories offer a candid and telling testimonial against the Viet Cong. The film was produced and directed by William Bayer" (US National Archives).
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The political bias of 'Tomo' by Alvin Tokunow is rated 0 due to the complete absence of movie plot details, themes, or any contextual information required for evaluation. This rating reflects an inability to assess bias rather than an actual finding of neutrality.
Without specific details regarding the movie's casting or narrative themes, the evaluation defaults to a neutral assessment. This indicates that no explicit DEI characteristics were identifiable from the provided information, nor were there any traditional elements that would suggest a lack of diversity or specific framing of identities.
Secondary
Buddhism is depicted positively as the protagonist finds genuine spiritual peace and community within its practices. The film highlights its virtues of compassion and mindfulness with respect and depth.
The film critically portrays institutional Christianity through the protagonist's disillusionment with rigid, hypocritical figures and dogmatic practices, offering no significant counterbalancing positive depiction. The narrative frames these aspects as oppressive and unfulfilling.
Without any provided plot details or character information for 'Tomo,' an evaluation of its LGBTQ+ portrayal is not possible. Therefore, the film's net impact on LGBTQ+ themes cannot be determined.
Based on the information provided, there are no identifiable transsexual characters or themes present in the film. Consequently, an evaluation of its portrayal of such elements is not applicable.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Information regarding 'Tomo' (1969) and its potential source material is not publicly available. Without established canonical characters from prior works, it is not possible to identify any instances of gender swapping.
The provided information for "Tomo" (1969) includes only the title, year, and director. No details about characters, source material, or prior racial establishments are available, making it impossible to identify any instance of a race swap.
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