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The Hairy Tooth Fairy

Name: The Hairy Tooth Fairy
Director: Juan Pablo Buscarini
Released: 2006
Duration: 90 min

Representation Score

4.3/10

Fair

2006

TV-Y7

Director

Juan Pablo Buscarini

Runtime

90 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

The film provides a moderate level of representation by flipping traditional gender roles, with the mother as the successful breadwinner and the father as unemployed. However, it lacks explicit LGBTQ+ representation and does not specify the racial or ethnic makeup of the human characters. The film also uses a metaphorical mouse community to explore systemic labor and economic cycles, maintaining a traditional moral framework suitable for its audience.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Hairy Tooth Fairy have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film centers on a traditional nuclear family without depicting any LGBTQ+ characters or non-straight relationships.

How does The Hairy Tooth Fairy portray gender?

Fair

The story presents a flipped gender dynamic where the mother is a successful architect and the father is out of work, challenging traditional gender roles.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Hairy Tooth Fairy?

Fair

The setting suggests a Latin American cultural context, using a bustling mouse community to explore social stratification and collective movement.

How does The Hairy Tooth Fairy represent religion and culture?

Fair

The narrative blends myth and capitalism, critiquing economic cycles through an underground industrial system that commodifies childhood milestones.

Does The Hairy Tooth Fairy include disability representation?

Minimal

There are no visible or mentioned depictions of physical or neurodivergent disabilities in the film.

Present on Screen

Flips traditional gender roles by presenting a successful, professional female lead.
Uses a metaphorical community to explore complex themes of systemic labor and economic cycles.
Explores the intersection of folklore and capitalism in a nuanced manner.

Limited or Absent

Lacks explicit representation of LGBTQ+ identities or non-straight relationships.
Does not provide clear details regarding the racial or ethnic diversity of the human cast.
Offers no visible depictions of physical or neurodivergent disabilities.

Official Synopsis

Lucía, an active little girl, looses a tooth. Santiago, her father, is an out-of-work boss, and her mother, Pilar, is a successful but overworked architect, reassure Lucía, by telling her that the Hairy Tooth Fairy (a mouse named Pérez) will come to her bedroom to collect her tooth, leaving some money in its place. A mouse who had been monitoring the situation tells another mouse, who in turn tells another mouse until finally the news reaches Pérez, The Hairy Tooth Fairy, who lives in a boat in the port along with hundreds of other mice. They receive the teeth that he collects, and then clean, shape and polish them so that they can be transformed into shiny round pearls. These pearls are then carried through the citys sewers until finally they reach the jewellers owned by Morientes, where an old friend exchanges them for their weight in gold.

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