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Backstabbing for Beginners

Name: Backstabbing for Beginners
Director: Per Fly
Released: 2018
Duration: 108 min

Representation Score

5.6/10

Fair

2018

Director

Per Fly

Runtime

108 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Per Fly’s thriller challenges social and gender norms using a modern lens. By incorporating diverse identities and complex gender dynamics, the film goes beyond surface-level diversity to question social stability among the elite. However, the film focuses narrowly on a specific demographic. Set in an affluent part of Copenhagen, the cast is predominantly white, limiting the film’s exposure to broader racial diversity. Overall, the film excels in its examination of class and identity performance. Despite a lack of racial diversity, its exploration of cultural rituals and social hierarchies offers a nuanced perspective.

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Category Breakdown

Does Backstabbing for Beginners have LGBTQ+ representation?

Good

Non-straight identities are woven into the main group of friends to shake up social order. These diverse dynamics challenge the upper-class setting.

How does Backstabbing for Beginners portray gender?

Good

The film looks at gender roles through psychological conflicts. Female characters lead conversations focused on personal struggles, allowing the movie to pass the Bechdel test.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Backstabbing for Beginners?

Limited

The cast is mostly white and represents an affluent part of Copenhagen society. This uniformity limits the film's exposure to broader demographic diversity.

How does Backstabbing for Beginners represent religion and culture?

Excellent

The story critiques the wealthy class and their social rituals. It explores moral flexibility and questions traditional social norms within Western culture.

Does Backstabbing for Beginners include disability representation?

Minimal

There are no key scenes involving visible or invisible disabilities that drive the plot or develop characters.

Present on Screen

Uses diverse identities to challenge established social hierarchies.
Deconstructs traditional gender roles and power dynamics.
Critiques the wealthy class and their social rituals.

Limited or Absent

Lacks racial and ethnic diversity in the cast.
Narrative remains focused within a homogeneous socioeconomic group.

Official Synopsis

An idealistic young employee at the U.N. investigates the grisly murder of his predecessor – and uncovers a vast global conspiracy that may involve his own boss.

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