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Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

Name: Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Director: David Yates
Released: 2022
Duration: 142 min

Representation Score

6.8/10

Good

2022

PG-13

Director

David Yates

Runtime

142 minutes

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The film succeeds by integrating various aspects of identity into its high-stakes magical conflict. Instead of relying on shallowly inclusive roles, the story makes the queer history of its main characters and the multi-ethnic nature of the world crucial to the plot's progression. By presenting the central struggle as a fight against an oppressive, consolidating power, the film offers a more nuanced exploration of systemic resistance and individual ability to act. While the film excels in its queer and cultural depth, it lacks representation regarding disabilities and could further explore gender-based hierarchies.

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Category Breakdown

Does Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore have LGBTQ+ representation?

Excellent

The film focuses on the romantic relationship between Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald, which drives major geopolitical changes. This queer connection is central to the plot rather than a minor subplot.

How does Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore portray gender?

Good

Female characters such as Leta Lestrange play significant roles in the resistance movement. They actively participate in the fight against authoritarianism rather than being passive observers.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore?

Good

The wizarding world is portrayed as a diverse, multi-ethnic society through its international cast. Characters like Queenie Goldstein highlight the non-homogeneous, globalized nature of the magical community.

How does Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore represent religion and culture?

Excellent

The story explores the moral complexities of political resistance against rising authoritarianism. It emphasizes the importance of underground movements over the stability of established magical institutions.

Does Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore include disability representation?

Minimal

The film does not provide any significant depiction of visible or invisible disabilities.

Present on Screen

The queer romantic history of the leads is central to the global political stakes.
Female characters demonstrate a significant role in driving the story and strategic importance within the resistance.
The international cast creates a realistic, multi-ethnic magical landscape.

Limited or Absent

There is a lack of representation regarding visible or invisible disabilities.
The narrative could further disrupt conventional hierarchies regarding gender roles.

Official Synopsis

Professor Albus Dumbledore knows the powerful, dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald is moving to seize control of the wizarding world. Unable to stop him alone, he entrusts magizoologist Newt Scamander to lead an intrepid team of wizards and witches. They soon encounter an array of old and new beasts as they clash with Grindelwald's growing legion of followers.

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