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Secrets in Suburbia

Name: Secrets in Suburbia
Director: Damián Romay
Released: 2017
Duration: 90 min

Representation Score

2.7/10

Limited

2017

TV-14

Director

Damián Romay

Runtime

90 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Secrets in Suburbia is a thriller that stands out by challenging traditional gender roles. By turning a domestic figure into a vengeful protagonist, the film offers a fresh take on female roles in domestic dramas. However, the film lacks complexity in representing diverse identities. It stays rooted in traditional Western socioeconomic settings and focuses narrowly on interpersonal conflicts, missing broader social perspectives. While the protagonist's journey is compelling, the film's limited demographic range keeps it within a conventional framework.

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Category Breakdown

Does Secrets in Suburbia have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film does not include any characters with LGBTQ+ identities or those who do not identify with their birth gender. The main storyline revolves around a traditional nuclear family.

How does Secrets in Suburbia portray gender?

Fair

Gloria breaks away from the passive housewife stereotype by becoming an active force for revenge. This transformation challenges the usual portrayal of women as vulnerable and submissive.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Secrets in Suburbia?

Minimal

The film does not show signs of a diverse cast, sticking to traditional demographic assumptions. The setting implies a historically homogeneous socioeconomic environment.

How does Secrets in Suburbia represent religion and culture?

Fair

The story dismantles the idea of a perfect family by showing domestic life as a mask for greed. It shifts the focus from social order to personal, selfish retaliation.

Does Secrets in Suburbia include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no mention of characters with physical, sensory, or neurodivergent disabilities.

Present on Screen

The protagonist transforms from a passive housewife into an active, vengeful character.
The film challenges traditional expectations of female vulnerability and submissiveness.

Limited or Absent

The film lacks representation for LGBTQ+ identities and non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth characters.
There is no evidence of racial or ethnic diversity within the cast or setting.
The story does not include characters with physical, sensory, or neurodivergent disabilities.

Official Synopsis

After discovering that her three best friends and her husband are plotting to murder her and steal her family fortune, Gloria, an otherwise kind-hearted housewife and mother of two, unfolds and exacts a deadly revenge on all who betrayed her.

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