Choke

The film does not include explicit stories about LGBTQ+ individuals or non-cisgender identities. It avoids typical heterosexual romantic storylines through emotional distance, remaining neutral about LGBTQ+ identities.

The story challenges traditional gender roles by focusing on a male protagonist who is inept and self-destructive. Female characters such as Christine provide emotional depth, avoiding submissive stereotypes and instead showing mutual instability.

The setting and cast are predominantly from a single demographic group within a narrow urban area. The film lacks significant racial mixing or diverse casting to challenge historical social norms.

The narrative questions Western institutions by highlighting moral relativism and non-traditional family structures. It presents social norms as barriers, framing anti-social behavior as a means for individual survival.

The film explores addiction and neurodivergence through the protagonist's compulsive, self-harming behaviors. It avoids inspirational stories but relies on the common 'troubled outsider' cliché.