
Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
2010

Representation Score
Good
2004
Director
Richard Ayoade
Runtime
30 minutes
Average Rating
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AD/BC: A Rock Opera uses a 1970s musical style to deconstruct the Nativity story, focusing on a vulnerable working-class innkeeper rather than traditional biblical figures. However, the film's adherence to Western religious visual clichés limits its diversity. It excels in psychological complexity and cultural critique, even if it doesn't explicitly confirm diverse identities or casting.
Category Breakdown
The film uses a 1972 rock opera setting to potentially challenge traditional assumptions about gender and sexuality, though it doesn't explicitly confirm any non-traditional identities.
By focusing on the vulnerability and existential despair of an innkeeper, the film challenges traditional portrayals of masculine strength and leadership.
Set in a stylized version of a biblical era, the film adheres to typical Western religious visual conventions and does not include actors from non-Anglo-Saxon backgrounds.
The rock opera format reimagines the Nativity story through a disillusioned, working-class lens, prioritizing subjective morality over traditional religious teachings.
The inclusion of themes related to mental health and psychological distress suggests a more nuanced and realistic portrayal of human struggles.
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Limited or Absent
Official Synopsis
An all-singing, all-dancing, star-spangled musical leap around the biblical story of the Nativity, set in 1972. With a comic twist, this familiar story is brought to life through the eyes of the innkeeper. Despairing after a bad year, he contemplates suicide but his attempt is stalled by a voice from above who points out that King Herod is coming to town.

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