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The Candy Tangerine Man

Name: The Candy Tangerine Man
Director: Matt Cimber
Released: 1975
Duration: 95 min

Representation Score

4.6/10

Fair

1975

Director

Matt Cimber

Runtime

95 minutes

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The Candy Tangerine Man stands out for its subversion of racial clichés, placing a Black protagonist in a position of significant power and ability to act. This disrupts the era's standard cinematic expectations regarding racial hierarchies. However, the film remains rooted in traditional gendered power dynamics and lacks any visible LGBTQ+ or disability representation. The narrative's strength lies in its skepticism toward social institutions and the performative nature of domestic stability. Ultimately, the film is a gritty crime drama that uses its protagonist's dual identity to challenge mid-century social decorum and the perceived morality of the nuclear family.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Candy Tangerine Man have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film does not include any explicit LGBTQ+ characters or narratives. It focuses on traditional underworld hierarchies, providing minimal representation for non-straight identities.

How does The Candy Tangerine Man portray gender?

Fair

The story operates within a patriarchal framework where the protagonist controls his workers. However, his dual identity as a suburban husband challenges the performative nature of traditional masculinity.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Candy Tangerine Man?

Good

The film centers a Black protagonist who has significant power and influence. By showing him as a dominant force against the Mob and police, it disrupts typical 1970s racial hierarchies.

How does The Candy Tangerine Man represent religion and culture?

Good

The story engages with moral relativism by framing legal institutions as obstacles. It presents a cynical view of middle-class respectability, treating suburban life as a mere mask for the protagonist.

Does The Candy Tangerine Man include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no information regarding characters with physical, sensory, or neurodivergent disabilities in the narrative.

Present on Screen

The film provides high ability to act to its Black protagonist, positioning him as a dominant force in a high-stakes criminal underworld.
The narrative offers a cynical and interesting critique of middle-class respectability through the protagonist's dual identity.

Limited or Absent

The film lacks any representation of LGBTQ+ identities or characters.
There is no visible representation of characters with physical or neurodivergent disabilities.

Official Synopsis

Sunset Boulevard is a lucrative place to work for the Black Baron, a pimp with a distinctive red and yellow Rolls Royce and plenty of girls on his books. He don't take no mess from his girls, his madam or his competitors and viciously defends his patch. First, he clobbers the Mob who attempt to move in on his patch. Second, he tracks down one of his girls who runs off with a suitcase full of his cash. Third, he disposes of two policemen. But by now he knows his pimping days are numbered, so after a final explosive gun battle he switches to being his alter ego, mild-mannered businessman Ron who lives out in the leafy suburbs with an unsuspecting wife and family.

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