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Adam Green's Aladdin

Name: Adam Green's Aladdin
Director: Adam Green
Released: 2016
Duration: 80 min

Representation Score

5.1/10

Fair

2016

Director

Adam Green

Runtime

80 minutes

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Adam Green's Aladdin reimagines the classic folk tale in a digital, video-game inspired world, disrupting traditional genre expectations and critiquing modern consumer culture. The film's strength lies in its ability to challenge established hierarchies, replacing the noble ruler with a satirical portrayal of technological obsession and systemic dysfunction. However, it lacks specific, explicit data on diverse representation, focusing instead on genre-bending and subverting traditional authority.

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Category Breakdown

Does Adam Green's Aladdin have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film's digital, simulated reality allows for questioning traditional structures, but it doesn't confirm any specific queer identities or romantic pairings.

How does Adam Green's Aladdin portray gender?

Fair

The film challenges traditional leadership by depicting the Sultan as a corrupt, technology-obsessed figure instead of a strong leader, focusing on satire and systemic issues.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Adam Green's Aladdin?

Fair

By placing the story in a digital, non-geographic setting, the film avoids traditional ethnic markers, making it more abstract and less focused on specific ethnicities.

How does Adam Green's Aladdin represent religion and culture?

Good

The film criticizes modern technological capitalism through the Sultan's character and emphasizes counter-cultural values over traditional roles.

Does Adam Green's Aladdin include disability representation?

Minimal

The film does not depict any physical or neurodivergent disabilities.

Present on Screen

Challenges traditional leadership clichés by portraying the Sultan as a corrupt, obsessed figure.
Uses a digital, postmodern setting to critique technological capitalism and systemic dysfunction.
Subverts traditional storytelling hierarchies through a satirical, deconstructionist approach to the original mythos.

Limited or Absent

Does not explicitly represent specific queer identities or non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth romantic pairings.
Avoids explicit ethnic centering, making the narrative more abstract and less culturally grounded.
Provides no visible representation of physical or neurodivergent disabilities.

Official Synopsis

In this retelling of the classic tale, Aladdin is an out of work indie-rock singer living in a video-game-world ruled by a perverted technology-obsessed Sultan.

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