5.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
China Girl (1942)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 5.8
Overview
Two-fisted newsreel photographer Johnny Williams is stationed in Burma and China in the early stage of WW II. Captured by the Japanese, he escapes from a concentration camp with the aid of beautiful, enigmatic 'China Girl' Miss Young. The two arduously make their way back to friendly lines so that Johnny can deliver the vital military information he's managed to glean from his captors.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Race Swap: Yes
Overview
Two-fisted newsreel photographer Johnny Williams is stationed in Burma and China in the early stage of WW II. Captured by the Japanese, he escapes from a concentration camp with the aid of beautiful, enigmatic 'China Girl' Miss Young. The two arduously make their way back to friendly lines so that Johnny can deliver the vital military information he's managed to glean from his captors.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film's neutral rating stems from its focus on national unity and defense against an external aggressor during World War II, balancing themes of patriotism and anti-imperialism without explicitly promoting a specific internal political ideology.
The movie employs traditional casting practices of its time, featuring a white actress in a prominent non-white role and a white male lead. The narrative, consistent with a 1942 war film, portrays traditional identities positively without any critical framing or explicit focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion themes.
Secondary
The film features white actresses Gene Tierney and Lynn Bari portraying Chinese characters, Dr. Lin Yuen and Miss Young, respectively. These characters are canonically established as Chinese within the film's narrative, while the actresses are of a different race.
China Girl (1942) is a wartime drama centered on an American newsreel photographer and a Chinese-American doctor in Japanese-occupied China. The narrative focuses on espionage, romance, and wartime resistance, with no identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes present.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "China Girl" (1942) is an original production and not an adaptation of existing source material or a reboot of established characters. Therefore, no characters had a prior canonical or historical gender to be swapped from.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.2
5.4
Critic Ratings
N/A
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