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Dangerously Close

Name: Dangerously Close
Director: Albert Pyun
Released: 1986
Duration: 95 min

Representation Score

5.5/10

Fair

1986

Director

Albert Pyun

Runtime

95 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Dangerously Close serves as a critique of exclusionary social hierarchies. By focusing on the conflict between an entrenched elite and a coalition of underrepresented students, the film explores collective action against systemic prejudice. While the film effectively uses racial and cultural themes to challenge Anglo-centric social structures and institutionalized order, it remains limited by the genre conventions of its time.

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Category Breakdown

Does Dangerously Close have LGBTQ+ representation?

Limited

The film does not include any LGBTQ+ characters or explore non-cisgender identities. It follows typical 1980s action-thriller patterns without any specific references to LGBTQ+ issues.

How does Dangerously Close portray gender?

Limited

The story focuses on socio-political conflicts rather than challenging traditional gender roles. It does not portray masculinity as ineffective or subvert gender hierarchies.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Dangerously Close?

Good

The story involves ethnic exclusion by having a clique confront 'undesirables.' This setup highlights characters from various ethnic backgrounds and diverse political views.

How does Dangerously Close represent religion and culture?

Good

The film criticizes institutional stability by depicting an academic environment as oppressive. It portrays traditional power structures as corrupt and exclusionary.

Does Dangerously Close include disability representation?

Limited

There are no characters with physical or neurodivergent disabilities in the film. The narrative focuses solely on ethnic and socio-political themes.

Present on Screen

The narrative highlights characters of color as a resistance force against an exclusionary elite.
It offers a meaningful critique of systemic prejudice and institutionalized social order within an academic context.

Limited or Absent

The film lacks any representation or character arcs for LGBTQ+ individuals.
There are no characters with physical or neurodivergent disabilities.
The story does not address the subversion of traditional gender hierarchies or roles.

Official Synopsis

Rebel without a cause or a clue at an elite but uptight college discovers some of his classmates have formed an even more elite clique more or less hell-bent on ridding the school, and quite possibly American society, of what they deem to be its undesirables because of ethnicity, politics, etc. Our hero recruits a teacher and some other "less desirable" classmates to undermine the elitists, and, naturally, things get quite violent.

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