7.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Rock Goes to College: The Specials (1980)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.0
Overview
The student-taunting Specials perform at the Colchester Institute in 1979, playing hits such as Rat Race, Too Much Too Young and Gangsters, throwing tambourines at the bouncers and indulging in a little moon-stomping during a stage invasion.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
Overview
The student-taunting Specials perform at the Colchester Institute in 1979, playing hits such as Rat Race, Too Much Too Young and Gangsters, throwing tambourines at the bouncers and indulging in a little moon-stomping during a stage invasion.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The film documents a live performance by The Specials, whose music and ethos strongly advocate for anti-racism and critique social inequality, aligning with left-leaning values, without the film itself constructing an explicit narrative argument.
The film showcases a visibly diverse musical group, reflecting the multiracial composition of The Specials band. As a concert documentary, it focuses on the performance without an explicit narrative that critiques traditional identities or centers on specific DEI themes.
Secondary
This concert film, featuring The Specials, focuses solely on their musical performance. It does not present any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters, themes, or narrative elements, resulting in no depiction relevant to LGBTQ+ portrayal.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
This is a concert film featuring the band The Specials. It documents a live performance rather than adapting fictional characters or historical figures, thus there are no instances of gender-swapped portrayals.
This film is a concert recording of the real-life band The Specials. It features the actual band members performing, not actors portraying characters. Therefore, no race swap occurs as there is no reinterpretation or recasting of established characters.
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