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Trypps #7 (Badlands)
Representation Score
2.2/10
Limited
2010
Director
Ben Russell
Runtime
10 minutes
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Trypps #7 (Badlands) is an experimental essay piece that prioritizes formal abstraction over character-driven storytelling. Because it lacks a traditional plot, it misses opportunities for representing gender, disability, and LGBTQ+ identities. However, the film finds its strength in its intellectual approach to cultural representation. By using archival footage, it functions as an anti-colonialist critique of the Western gaze. It questions how media consumes and interprets global landscapes. Ultimately, the work's diversity is found in its thematic subversion rather than its cast. It succeeds as a critique of historical power dynamics but remains absent of specific human-centric representation.
Category Breakdown
Does Trypps #7 (Badlands) have LGBTQ+ representation?
The film lacks a narrative structure or scripted characters. Consequently, it does not present LGBTQ+ identities or relationships that go beyond the assumption that everyone is straight.
How does Trypps #7 (Badlands) portray gender?
This non-narrative work focuses on the experience and landscape rather than character development. It does not engage with traditional gender roles or hierarchies.
How racially and ethnically diverse is Trypps #7 (Badlands)?
The film uses found footage to critique how Western media has historically portrayed diverse landscapes. It lacks specific, high-profile depictions of people of color.
How does Trypps #7 (Badlands) represent religion and culture?
The work challenges Western institutions by deconstructing how cinema captures the world. It uses postmodern techniques to critique the colonial gaze and historical power dynamics.
Does Trypps #7 (Badlands) include disability representation?
The film does not feature characters or narrative elements addressing physical, neurodivergent, or mental health conditions.
Present on Screen
- Provides a sophisticated anti-colonialist critique of the Western gaze.
- Uses postmodern montage to challenge traditional historical narratives.
- Explores secular spiritualism and the romantic sublime through formal abstraction.
Limited or Absent
- Lacks specific, high-profile depictions of people of color.
- Provides no representation for gender, disability, or LGBTQ+ identities.
- Relies on abstraction rather than character-driven human connection.
Official Synopsis
"TRYPPS #7 (BADLANDS) charts, through an intimate long-take, a young woman's LSD trip in the Badlands National Park before descending into a psychedelic, formal abstraction of the expansive desert landscape. Concerned with notions of the romantic sublime, phenomenological experience, and secular spiritualism, the work continues Russell's unique investigation into the possibilities of cinema as a site for transcendence." - Michael Green, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
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