Linda (1981)

Bias Rating

Analyzing...

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Viewer Rating

Rating: 4.8

Overview

Betsy Norman is a happy assistant at a luxurious Spanish hotel. Shiela, the hotel owner, caters for all wishes of her clientele with another lucrative business, the brothel "Rio Amore" where clients from all over the wor...

Starring Cast

Katja Bienert • Ursula Buchfellner • Raquel Evans

Bias Dimensions

Political: Center

Diversity: Low

LGBTQ: Negative

Overview

Starring Cast

Katja Bienert • Ursula Buchfellner • Raquel Evans

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...

Strong Right

Primary

Political: CenterConfidence: High

The film primarily focuses on genre elements of crime, eroticism, and individual revenge within a sensationalized narrative, without explicitly promoting or critiquing specific political ideologies or offering systemic solutions.

Diversity: LowConfidence: High

The movie features traditional European casting without intentional diversity-driven recasting. Its narrative focuses on exploitation themes typical of its era and director, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or centering DEI themes.

Secondary

LGBTQ: NegativeConfidence: Medium

Linda portrays LGBTQ+ themes in a highly problematic and exploitative manner. Queer relationships are primarily used for sensationalism and titillation, often linking identity to predatory behavior or tragic, violent outcomes without any affirming or critical perspective, reinforcing negative stereotypes.

FemPower: NoConfidence: High

The film "Linda" does not feature any scenes where a female character engages in and wins direct physical combat against one or more male opponents. Female characters are present but do not participate in such combat scenarios.

Gender Swap: NoConfidence: High

The film "Linda" (1981) is an original production by Jesús Franco and does not appear to be an adaptation of existing source material or a reboot of established characters. Therefore, there are no characters whose gender could have been canonically or historically established prior to this film.

Race Swap: NoConfidence: High

There is no widely established prior canon (novel, comic, historical record, or previous adaptation) for the characters in the 1981 film "Linda." Therefore, no character's race could have been canonically or historically established as different from their portrayal in this film.