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Boom Town (1940)

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.0
Boom Town poster

Overview

Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman. McMasters and Sand come to oil towns to get rich. Betsy comes West intending to marry Sand but marries McMasters instead. Getting rich and losing it all teaches McMasters and Sand the value of personal ties.


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Bias Dimensions

Political: Center
Diversity: Low

Overview

Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman. McMasters and Sand come to oil towns to get rich. Betsy comes West intending to marry Sand but marries McMasters instead. Getting rich and losing it all teaches McMasters and Sand the value of personal ties.


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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Traditional

Primary

The film explores the human drama of ambition and rivalry within the oil industry, ultimately championing the importance of personal relationships and integrity over material wealth. It balances the celebration of individual enterprise with a critique of its potential for destructive greed, leading to a neutral political stance.

The film features a predominantly white cast, consistent with traditional Hollywood productions of its time, and does not include any explicit race or gender swaps. Its narrative centers on traditional identities without offering critique or incorporating explicit DEI themes.

Secondary

Boom Town (1940) does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative centers on the heterosexual relationships and professional lives of its main characters, offering no portrayal of queer identity or experiences.

The 1940 film 'Boom Town' does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on the competitive world of oil wildcatters, their business ventures, and romantic entanglements, without engaging with transgender identity in any capacity.

The film is a 1940 drama centered on the lives of oil wildcatters. Female characters, such as Betsy Bartlett and Karen Vanmeer, are central to the romantic and dramatic plotlines but do not participate in or win physical combat against male opponents.

Boom Town (1940) is an original film with characters created specifically for this production. There are no pre-existing canonical or historical figures whose gender could have been altered.

Boom Town (1940) is an original film, not an adaptation of pre-existing material with established character races, nor a biopic of historical figures. All characters were created for this film, and their portrayals do not deviate from any prior canonical or historical racial depictions.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.0

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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7.0
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6.9

Critic Ratings

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N/A
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N/A

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