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The American Success Company

The American Success Company

Representation Score

4.9/10

Fair

1980

PG

Director

William Richert

Runtime

91 minutes

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American Success Company is a dark satire of the American Dream, focusing on a man's rebellion against societal pressures. It stands out by dismantling social hierarchies and the idea of a stable patriarch. However, the film lacks broad representation of race or LGBTQ+ identities. It prioritizes critiquing societal norms over diverse storytelling.

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Category Breakdown

Does The American Success Company have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film centers on traditional heterosexual relationships and workplace dynamics. Though it doesn't focus on LGBTQ+ stories, it hints at a shift away from conventional moral views on relationships.

How does The American Success Company portray gender?

Fair

It challenges traditional gender roles by showing a protagonist who struggles to fit the mold of a stable patriarch. The film portrays the nuclear family as inadequate and flawed.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The American Success Company?

Limited

There are no non-white main characters explicitly shown. The story focuses on class struggle and individual rebellion within a typical Western social setting.

How does The American Success Company represent religion and culture?

Good

The film explores themes that question the stability of Western institutions. It criticizes capitalism and the traditional family structure through a protagonist who uses unconventional methods to gain wealth.

Does The American Success Company include disability representation?

Minimal

There are no characters with visible or invisible disabilities in the story.

Present on Screen

  • Challenges traditional gender roles by rejecting the ideal of a competent patriarch.
  • Critiques capitalism and the traditional American family structure.
  • Questions Western institutional stability through a satirical lens.

Limited or Absent

  • Doesn't include non-white characters or racial diversity.
  • Lacks LGBTQ+ or queer-focused storytelling.
  • Doesn't feature characters with visible or invisible disabilities.

Official Synopsis

A husband is humiliated at home and at work. He decides he has had enough of it and hires a prostitute to help him get back at his boss, wife and friends and get a lot richer in the process.

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