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1972
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Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Representation Score
6.7/10
Good
1969
RDirector
Paul Mazursky
Runtime
105 minutes
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Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice challenges the mid-century domestic status quo by disrupting traditional gender roles and embracing moral relativism. However, the film is limited by its narrow demographic focus, which excludes racial and LGBTQ+ diversity, focusing solely on a homogeneous group of white professionals.
Category Breakdown
Does Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice have LGBTQ+ representation?
The film focuses on heterosexual relationships and does not include any same-sex intimacy or non-cisgender identities. It centers on the heterosexual couple and their dynamics.
How does Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice portray gender?
The story challenges traditional gender roles by showing Carol taking a leading role in driving the narrative of sexual liberation and emotional independence.
How racially and ethnically diverse is Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice?
The film focuses on a group of white, upper-middle-class professionals in Los Angeles and does not include any racial or ethnic diversity.
How does Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice represent religion and culture?
The film critiques traditional Western marriage norms by emphasizing personal authenticity over institutional norms. It presents a moral relativism that questions traditional marriage.
Does Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice include disability representation?
The film does not depict any physical or neurodivergent disabilities and does not engage with this category.
Present on Screen
- Challenges traditional gender roles by giving female characters a leading role.
- Questions traditional marriage norms through moral relativism.
- Explores the evolving social norms of the 1969 counter-culture movement.
Limited or Absent
- Lacks racial and ethnic diversity among its main characters.
- Does not represent LGBTQ+ identities or same-sex intimacy.
- Does not include any physical or neurodivergent disability representation.
Official Synopsis
After returning to Los Angeles from a group therapy session, documentary filmmaker Bob Sanders and his wife, Carol, find themselves becoming vigilante couples counselors, offering unsolicited advice to their best friends, Ted and Alice Henderson. Not wanting to be rude, the Hendersons play along, but some latent sexual tension among the four soon comes bubbling to the surface, and long-buried desires don't stay buried for long.
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