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The Dalton Gang

Name: The Dalton Gang
Director: Christopher Forbes
Released: 2020
Duration: 80 min

Representation Score

1.7/10

Minimal

2020

Director

Christopher Forbes

Runtime

80 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

The Dalton Gang functions as a traditional Western piece, emphasizing established genre conventions. The story prioritizes historical archetypes of masculine ability to act and frontier justice over perspectives that consider multiple aspects of identity. By focusing on a specific historical brotherhood, the film centers on themes of loyalty and retribution. This approach reinforces standard genre conventions rather than challenging social hierarchies. Ultimately, the film appears to follow a predictable path of vengeance and crime, mirroring the historical period without attempting to subvert its inherent social stratifications.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Dalton Gang have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film focuses on a traditional brotherhood and a cycle of vengeance. There is no indication of LGBTQ+ identities or narratives that question the assumption that everyone is straight and cisgender.

How does The Dalton Gang portray gender?

Limited

The story centers on the Dalton brothers and their transition from law to crime. While female characters are present, they do not challenge traditional gender roles.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Dalton Gang?

Limited

Set in the 1890s, the film likely follows traditional period demographics. There is no specific evidence of diverse character's ability to drive the story or race-bent casting.

How does The Dalton Gang represent religion and culture?

Limited

The story follows a classic Western trajectory of frontier justice and the outlaw mythos. It lacks frameworks that would disrupt conventional morality or systemic critiques.

Does The Dalton Gang include disability representation?

Minimal

The narrative contains no mention of characters navigating physical, sensory, or neurodivergent disabilities.

Present on Screen

The film offers a focused exploration of historical brotherhood and the outlaw mythos.
It adheres to the established conventions of the Western genre for period-accurate storytelling.

Limited or Absent

The narrative lacks diverse character's ability to drive the story and perspectives that consider multiple aspects of identity.
The story relies on traditional masculine archetypes rather than challenging gender hierarchies.
There is a lack of representation for diverse racial backgrounds.

Official Synopsis

When their brother Frank is killed by an outlaw, brothers Bob Dalton, Emmett Dalton and Gray Dalton join their local sheriff's department. When they are cheated by the law, they turn to crime, robbing trains and anything else they can steal from over the course of two years in the early 1890's. Trying to out do Jesse James, they attempt to rob two banks at once in October of 1892, and things get ugly

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