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Blind Side

Name: Blind Side
Director: Geoff Murphy
Released: 1993
Duration: 98 min

Representation Score

4.2/10

Fair

1993

Director

Geoff Murphy

Runtime

98 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Blind Side is a powerful film that shifts the perspective from a typical crime story to a post-colonial exploration of ability to act against a colonial state. By centering Māori youths, it challenges the 'white norm' through the road-trip genre. However, the film remains narrow in its demographic focus, emphasizing male experiences and leaving little room for gender diversity or LGBTQ+ representation.

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Category Breakdown

Does Blind Side have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film focuses on the camaraderie of male protagonists and does not include any LGBTQ+ characters or explorations of non-straight identities.

How does Blind Side portray gender?

Limited

The narrative centers on a traditional masculine structure emphasizing male bonding. It lacks prominent female leadership or significant challenges to gender hierarchies.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Blind Side?

Excellent

The film excels by featuring a predominantly Māori cast. It uses the road-trip genre to explore Māori identity and gives substantial roles to characters of color.

How does Blind Side represent religion and culture?

Excellent

The story presents a sophisticated critique of Western institutions. It portrays the conflict between Māori customs and colonial structures as a form of resistance.

Does Blind Side include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no significant evidence of visible or invisible disabilities being portrayed in the narrative.

Present on Screen

Centers Māori perspectives and provides high ability to act to indigenous characters.
Effectively uses post-colonial themes to critique Western institutionalism.
Disrupts traditional frontier myths through a unique cultural lens.

Limited or Absent

Lacks gender diversity and prominent female leadership.
Has minimal representation of LGBTQ+ identities or non-straight characters.
Limited exploration of disability within the character arcs.

Official Synopsis

A couple visits Mexico to scout a new location for their furniture manufacturing business, and hit a cop with their car on the way back stateside. Realizing that if they report it they could land in a Mexican jail (guilty until proven innocent), they clean up the car and return home. A few days later, an insistent man shows up wanting a job -- and insinuating that he saw something in Mexico that he would not want to report -- the couple must make a decision about how far they will allow themselves to be blackmailed.

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