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Across the Pacific

Name: Across the Pacific
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Released: 1926
Duration: 78 min

Representation Score

0.7/10

Minimal

1926

Passed

Director

Roy Del Ruth

Runtime

78 minutes

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Across the Pacific is a conventional silent-era adventure that reflects the social hierarchies of the 1920s. The narrative prioritizes romantic clichés and colonial-era settings over any meaningful social subversion. The film's perspective is heavily Eurocentric, focusing on a Western soldier's journey and romantic pursuits in the Philippines. This approach limits the ability to act of local populations, treating them as background elements to the central military and romantic drama. Ultimately, the work functions as escapist entertainment. It adheres to the established gender and racial dynamics of its time, offering little in the way of diverse representation.

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Category Breakdown

Does Across the Pacific have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film follows a strictly straight-centered romantic structure. The plot centers on a traditional love triangle involving a soldier, a spy, and a commanding officer's daughter.

How does Across the Pacific portray gender?

Limited

Female characters are defined largely by their romantic entanglements. While the spy Roma shows some ability to act, the narrative reinforces traditional courtship and gender hierarchies.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Across the Pacific?

Limited

The story operates within a colonialist framework set in the Philippines. The focus remains on Western perspectives, with local rebels likely serving as mere plot catalysts.

How does Across the Pacific represent religion and culture?

Limited

The film reinforces 1920s social and geopolitical norms through its military and high-society settings. It lacks any themes that challenge Western institutional structures.

Does Across the Pacific include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no mention of characters with visible or invisible disabilities within the narrative.

Present on Screen

The character of Roma provides a degree of women's ability to drive the story through her role as a cabaret spy.

Limited or Absent

The film relies on colonialist frameworks that sideline Filipino characters.
Gender roles are limited to traditional romantic clichés and courtship dynamics.
The narrative lacks any representation of LGBTQ+ identities or non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth perspectives.

Official Synopsis

Following the Spanish-American War, a soldier is given the assignment of finding the leader of a band of rebels in the Philippines. In order to do this, he must romance Roma, a cabaret spy working for the rebels. This does not please the daughter of his commanding officer, whom he is romancing.

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