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Pumpkin Pie Wars

Name: Pumpkin Pie Wars
Director: Steven R. Monroe
Released: 2016
Duration: 83 min

Representation Score

3.3/10

Limited

2016

TV-G

Director

Steven R. Monroe

Runtime

83 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Pumpkin Pie Wars is a conventional seasonal romance that prioritizes traditional narrative arcs. It successfully centers female professional ability to act, placing women at the heart of the economic and social conflict. However, the film lacks multi-layered depth. The storytelling adheres to assumptions that everyone is straight or cisgender and homogeneous demographic norms typical of the genre. It reinforces traditional community clichés rather than challenging them.

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Category Breakdown

Does Pumpkin Pie Wars have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film highlights a romantic relationship between Casey and Sam. However, there is no indication of non-straight or non-cisgender identities or characters taking control of their own stories.

How does Pumpkin Pie Wars portray gender?

Fair

Women play key roles in driving the plot as bakery owners and main competitors. They hold significant economic power, but the conflict follows a traditional competitive framework.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Pumpkin Pie Wars?

Limited

The story lacks signs of a diverse cast or non-Anglo-Saxon characters. It seems to depict a homogeneous small-town America.

How does Pumpkin Pie Wars represent religion and culture?

Fair

The narrative celebrates traditional Western community structures and seasonal traditions. It emphasizes community cohesion without challenging established social norms.

Does Pumpkin Pie Wars include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no mention of characters with visible or invisible disabilities in the provided information.

Present on Screen

The film centers on women's ability to drive the story by making women the primary drivers of the professional and economic plot.
Women are depicted in positions of economic importance as bakery owners.

Limited or Absent

The narrative lacks racial and ethnic diversity, following homogeneous demographic norms.
There is a lack of visible LGBTQ+ representation or characters taking control of their own stories.
The story reinforces traditional social structures without offering a systemic critique or multi-layered complexity.

Official Synopsis

Competing bakery owners, Faye McKenzie and Lydia Harper have been feuding for years with the Lake Shore County Harvest Festival’s annual pumpkin pie bake-off at the center of it all. The winner not only gets bragging rights and a trophy, but a substantial boost to her business, as well. This year, however, the women are passing the torch to their respective children, Casey and Sam, and when romantic sparks fly between them, this bake-off promises to be one to remember.

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