6.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
B.C. A Special Christmas (1981)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.6
Overview
Peter enlists his sarcastic one-legged friend Wiley to help conjure a myth based around the idea of giving. Seeing the chance to make a profit off the selflessness of others, the two cavemen create a figure that develops into the first Santa Claus but are then baffled when the "myth" they've created apparently becomes real. Substituting gain for fulfillment, Peter and Wiley experience the true meaning of Christmas.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Positive
Overview
Peter enlists his sarcastic one-legged friend Wiley to help conjure a myth based around the idea of giving. Seeing the chance to make a profit off the selflessness of others, the two cavemen create a figure that develops into the first Santa Claus but are then baffled when the "myth" they've created apparently becomes real. Substituting gain for fulfillment, Peter and Wiley experience the true meaning of Christmas.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
B.C. A Special Christmas is rated as neutral/centrist because its central subject matter, a Christmas special, focuses on universal themes of goodwill, community, and the spirit of the season, which are inherently apolitical.
This animated special, based on the B.C. comic strip, features generic, non-racialized cavemen characters without explicit DEI-driven casting or visible diversity. The narrative focuses on a simple Christmas theme, offering no critique of traditional identities or explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
As a Christmas special, the film celebrates the birth of Jesus and the spirit of the holiday. Despite the anachronistic setting and the cavemen's simple understanding, the narrative aligns with and affirms the positive virtues of peace, goodwill, and wonder associated with the Nativity.
The film 'B.C. A Special Christmas' is an animated holiday special based on the B.C. comic strip. Its narrative centers on traditional Christmas themes and the established characters, without any discernible inclusion of LGBTQ+ characters or related themes. Therefore, the portrayal is N/A.
The film "B.C. A Special Christmas" is an animated television special from 1974 based on the B.C. comic strip. It does not contain any discernible transsexual characters or themes, nor does it engage with issues related to transgender identity. Therefore, its net impact on the portrayal of transsexual characters and themes is N/A.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The animated special "B.C. A Special Christmas" faithfully adapts the characters from the original "B.C." comic strip. There is no evidence of any established character from the source material being portrayed as a different gender in this adaptation.
The characters in the 'B.C.' comic strip and its animated adaptation are stylized prehistoric humans whose race was never explicitly defined or visually unambiguous in the source material. Therefore, no character's race was changed from a previously established one.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.4
6.7
Critic Ratings
N/A
N/A
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