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The Porridge Faggot (1997)

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 5.5
The Porridge Faggot poster

Overview

Asker is always aftemoney and everybody knows he doesn't have any scruples. He gets accused of stealing a lottery ticket from the mentally-handicapped Musse. Simultaneously he meets a man at a café named Claes Douglas who promises to pay Asker if he does a favour for him.


Starring Cast

Bias Dimensions

Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Negative
Trans: Negative
Christianity: Negative

Overview

Asker is always aftemoney and everybody knows he doesn't have any scruples. He gets accused of stealing a lottery ticket from the mentally-handicapped Musse. Simultaneously he meets a man at a café named Claes Douglas who promises to pay Asker if he does a favour for him.


Starring Cast

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Progressive

Primary

The film's central thesis explicitly promotes progressive ideology by directly engaging with and implicitly critiquing the use of a derogatory term against a marginalized identity, focusing on themes of homophobia and social prejudice.

The movie's title strongly indicates a central focus on a non-traditional identity, suggesting explicit DEI-driven casting and a narrative that directly engages with and potentially critiques traditional societal norms.

Secondary

The film's title alone uses a derogatory slur, which strongly indicates a problematic and demeaning portrayal of LGBTQ+ themes. This choice suggests a narrative that frames queer identity as a source of ridicule or degradation, leading to a net negative impact.

The film's title, 'The Porridge Faggot,' uses a derogatory slur, which, if transsexual characters or themes are present, inherently establishes a problematic and demeaning framing. This choice suggests a narrative that likely endorses ridicule or degradation, aligning with a negative portrayal.

The film satirizes a conservative Christian community that uses religious doctrine to justify homophobia and ostracize the protagonist, portraying the religion's institutional and interpretive aspects as a source of prejudice and hypocrisy. The narrative clearly condemns this bigotry.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Without information regarding the film's source material, its characters, or whether it is an adaptation or reboot, it is not possible to identify any instances of characters whose gender was changed from a previously established canon.

No information is provided regarding source material, specific characters, or their established racial identities for "The Porridge Faggot" (1997). Without a baseline for comparison, it is impossible to determine if any character's race was changed from a prior depiction.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

5.5

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
5.2
The Movie Database logo
5.8

Critic Ratings

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N/A
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N/A

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