Airplane! (1980)

Bias Rating

Analyzing...

Leans Right

Viewer Rating

Rating: 8.1

Overview

Drowning his sorrows after that botched mission during WWII, the traumatised former fighter pilot with a fear of flying, Ted Striker, still hasn't got over his old flame and flight attendant, Elaine Dickinson. Determined...

Starring Cast

Robert Hays • Julie Hagerty • Leslie Nielsen

Where to watch

Paramount+

Prime Video

Apple TV

Bias Dimensions

Political: Center

Diversity: Low

Overview

Starring Cast

Robert Hays • Julie Hagerty • Leslie Nielsen

Where to watch

Paramount+

Prime Video

Apple TV

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...

Leans Right

Primary

Political: CenterConfidence: High

Airplane! is rated as neutral because its central purpose is to deliver apolitical slapstick comedy and parody disaster film tropes, with any themes of individual responsibility or critique of authority serving purely comedic rather than ideological ends.

Diversity: LowConfidence: High

The film features a largely traditional cast for its time, with no explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative is a comedic parody that does not critique traditional identities or incorporate explicit DEI themes.

Secondary

LGBTQ: N/AConfidence: Medium

FemPower: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: NoConfidence: High

The characters in "Airplane!" are original creations for the parody film, not gender-swapped versions of pre-existing, canonically established characters from source material or prior adaptations. Therefore, no gender swaps are present.

Race Swap: NoConfidence: High

Airplane! is an original parody film from 1980, not an adaptation of existing source material or a depiction of historical figures. Therefore, its characters do not have pre-established racial identities that could be subject to a race swap.