Leans Traditional
7.5
Peter Pan
(1953)
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
The Monkey King Stormed the Sea Palace (1962)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Not Rated
Overview
The Monkey King, Sun Wu-Kong (Connie Chan), must fight her way into the Dragon Palace to gain a magic pearl that can help him free his master Tripitaka from the evil designs of the Albino Rat Spirit.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Buddhism: Positive
Overview
The Monkey King, Sun Wu-Kong (Connie Chan), must fight her way into the Dragon Palace to gain a magic pearl that can help him free his master Tripitaka from the evil designs of the Albino Rat Spirit.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film's central narrative of a powerful individual challenging an established, likely oppressive, authority is a universal anti-tyranny theme that does not inherently align with a specific political ideology. The focus on individual heroic action against a specific antagonist keeps the film's message broadly appealing and ideologically neutral.
The movie features an entirely East Asian cast, which is authentic to its source material as a Chinese mythological story. Its narrative focuses on cultural and mythological themes, without engaging in explicit critiques of Western traditional identities.
Secondary
The Buddha is depicted as the ultimate arbiter of justice and wisdom, appearing at the climax to subdue the rebellious Monkey King and restore order to the cosmos. His intervention is portrayed as righteous and necessary, aligning with the virtues of enlightenment and cosmic balance.
The film 'The Monkey King Stormed the Sea Palace' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on traditional folklore elements without incorporating queer identities or storylines, resulting in no discernible impact on LGBTQ+ representation.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film adapts the classic Chinese novel "Journey to the West." Key characters like Sun Wukong and the Dragon King retain their established male genders, consistent with the source material. No canonical characters were portrayed as a different gender.
This 1962 Chinese animated film adapts a classic Chinese mythological tale. All characters, including the Monkey King and the Dragon King, are depicted in a manner consistent with their East Asian origins, with no evidence of any character being portrayed as a different race.
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