5.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Singing Fool (1928)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 5.6
Overview
After years of hopeful struggle, waiter and aspiring singer-songwriter Al Stone is on his way. He gets his huge break on a magical night when his song wows big-time producer Louis Marcus and gold-digging showgirl Molly, whom Al fancies. Broadway success and marriage follow, but sure enough, hard times are on the way.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Low
Overview
After years of hopeful struggle, waiter and aspiring singer-songwriter Al Stone is on his way. He gets his huge break on a magical night when his song wows big-time producer Louis Marcus and gold-digging showgirl Molly, whom Al fancies. Broadway success and marriage follow, but sure enough, hard times are on the way.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Traditional
Primary
The film's narrative, while focusing on personal struggle, champions individual responsibility, redemption through overcoming vices, and the central importance of traditional family bonds as the solution to personal crisis, aligning with right-leaning values.
The film features a predominantly white cast, consistent with traditional casting practices of its era, and does not include explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles. The narrative focuses on a white male protagonist without critically portraying traditional identities or explicitly centering DEI themes.
Secondary
The Singing Fool, a 1928 musical drama, does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its plot centers on the heterosexual relationships and career of its main character, Al Stone, reflecting the common narrative conventions of its era.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The Singing Fool (1928) is an original film, not an adaptation or reboot of existing material with pre-established characters. Therefore, no characters could have been gender-swapped from a prior canon or historical record.
The film features Al Jolson, a white actor, performing in blackface. However, the character he portrays, Al Stone, is canonically white, and Jolson's performance in blackface is a performance by the character, not a change in the character's established race. Therefore, no race swap occurred.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.3
5.0
Critic Ratings
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