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Totally Baked

Name: Totally Baked
Director: Lee Abbott
Released: 2007
Duration: 88 min

Representation Score

2.3/10

Limited

2007

Director

Lee Abbott

Runtime

88 minutes

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Totally Baked is a character study that explores the breakdown of traditional authority. It prioritizes the deconstruction of the 'stable provider' archetype, replacing it with a more fluid, communicative familial model. However, the film lacks significant markers of racial, gender, or LGBTQ+ diversity. The narrative remains rooted in conventional, potentially homogeneous social settings. The film challenges conservative views on legality and morality through its central plot. It disrupts conventional social hierarchies and frames traditionalist parenting as a flaw that must be overcome.

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Category Breakdown

Does Totally Baked have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film does not include any characters with LGBTQ+ identities or non-cisgender backgrounds. It focuses solely on heterosexual family dynamics.

How does Totally Baked portray gender?

Fair

Dave Bertman is the main character, but his role as a stable patriarch is challenged. His daughter Gina Marie acts as a catalyst, but the primary focus is on the male protagonist's internal journey.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Totally Baked?

Limited

The setting seems to be a homogeneous suburban environment centered around a barbecue. There is no indication of a diverse cast or non-Anglo-Saxon majority.

How does Totally Baked represent religion and culture?

Good

The story questions traditional Western moralism by focusing on medical marijuana activists. It criticizes strict, traditional parenting in favor of open communication and moral relativism.

Does Totally Baked include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no mention of characters with visible or invisible disabilities. The synopsis does not include any representation of neurodivergence or mental health conditions.

Present on Screen

Challenges conservative views on legality and morality
Subverts the 'stable patriarch' cliché by having the protagonist confront his own hypocrisies
Promotes a move toward moral relativism and the deconstruction of rigid institutional authority

Limited or Absent

Lacks visible racial and ethnic diversity within the cast and setting
Provides no representation of LGBTQ+ identities or non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth characters
Does not include characters with disabilities or neurodivergent traits

Official Synopsis

Meet Dave Bertman, a tightly wound 37 year-old father of one. Bertman's "higher" education begins when medical marijuana activists wielding "loaded" weapons interrupt a planned reunion barbecue with college debate chums. When his teenage daughter Gina Marie unexpectedly arrives with a joint found in her pocket, Bertman assumes the worst. Only after he faces his own hypocrisies, can he have the open and honest discussion needed for father and daughter to understand each other and reconnect.

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