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The Follower

Name: The Follower
Director: Stevie Szerlip
Released: 2019
Duration: 12 min

Representation Score

4.4/10

Fair

2019

Director

Stevie Szerlip

Runtime

12 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

The film serves as a psychological character study that questions the stability of suburban life. It adopts a cynical, postmodern perspective on contemporary institutions and digital connectivity. While it disrupts traditional domestic archetypes, it does not provide clear evidence of diverse casting. The focus remains on the psychological journey of a underrepresented adolescent figure. The work prioritizes nuanced human connections and literary depth over overt diversity themes or standard genre formulas.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Follower have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film does not explicitly confirm any LGBTQ+ characters or relationships that go beyond the assumption that everyone is straight or cisgender. The story revolves around a misunderstood teenager and an online entity.

How does The Follower portray gender?

Fair

The story centers on a female protagonist dealing with the constraints of suburban life. It emphasizes her psychological struggle and her ability to drive the story despite external pressures.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Follower?

Limited

There is no specific information about the racial or ethnic makeup of the cast. The suburban setting does not provide any clear evidence of diverse representation.

How does The Follower represent religion and culture?

Good

The film critiques traditional suburban settings by depicting them as dull and criticizing modern digital connectivity and its impact on traditional social structures.

Does The Follower include disability representation?

Minimal

The available information does not indicate any portrayal of physical, neurodivergent, or mental health disabilities.

Present on Screen

Subverts traditional female archetypes by emphasizing the psychological ability to act of a misunderstood protagonist.
Challenges conventional portrayals of domestic stability and the nuclear family through a cynical lens.
Uses a literary foundation to explore complex themes of social alienation and vulnerability.

Limited or Absent

Lacks clear evidence of racial, ethnic, or diverse representation within the cast.
Does not include any indication of LGBTQ+ themes or non-straight relationships.
Does not address or represent physical or mental health disabilities.

Official Synopsis

Fueled by the hope of escaping her dreary suburban life, a misunderstood teen entertains the increasingly sinister advances of an Internet friend in a riff on the 1966 Joyce Carol Oates story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?”

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