Leans Traditional
8.2
Cyrano de Bergerac
(1990)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
The Old Footlight Favorite (1908)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Not Rated
Overview
An elderly actor, once an audience favorite, goes to a talent agency for work, but is told he is too old to be hired. Going home, he tells the bad news to his wife. They pawn most of their possessions, and end up begging on the streets. There they happen to come across a familiar face: a star performer, who rose to fame after getting valuable advice from the older actor. The star, finding his mentor impoverished, offers his home as a place to live.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Overview
An elderly actor, once an audience favorite, goes to a talent agency for work, but is told he is too old to be hired. Going home, he tells the bad news to his wife. They pawn most of their possessions, and end up begging on the streets. There they happen to come across a familiar face: a star performer, who rose to fame after getting valuable advice from the older actor. The star, finding his mentor impoverished, offers his home as a place to live.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film is a short, early silent film by Georges Méliès, primarily focused on a stage magic act and visual spectacle. Its content is entirely apolitical, lacking any discernible social commentary or ideological leanings, thus earning a neutral rating.
This early 20th-century film features traditional casting with no visible diversity or intentional race/gender swaps. The narrative focuses on comedic and fantastical elements, without engaging in any critique of traditional identities or incorporating explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
Georges Méliès's 'The Old Footlight Favorite,' a silent film from the early 1900s, does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The film's focus on magic and spectacle, typical of its era, predates the emergence of explicit queer representation in mainstream cinema, resulting in no discernible portrayal.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
This 1908 film by Georges Méliès is an original work without pre-existing source material, historical figures, or legacy characters. Therefore, no character's gender could have been established in prior canon to be subsequently swapped.
This 1908 silent film is an original work by Georges Méliès. There are no pre-existing canonical characters, historical figures, or widely established roles from source material or prior installments that could undergo a race swap.
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