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What Price Safety!

What Price Safety!

Representation Score

1.4/10

Minimal

1938

Passed

Director

Harold S. Bucquet

Runtime

20 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

What Price Safety! is a traditional crime drama that emphasizes genre storytelling over social commentary. The plot focuses on industrial corruption and the threat to public safety, using a framework of traditional morality to address corporate misconduct. The film serves as a typical example of mid-century studio filmmaking. While it addresses contemporary issues like public safety and greed, it operates within a rigid social order that lacks complexity in reflecting multiple aspects of diversity. Ultimately, the work upholds established hierarchies rather than deconstructing them. It remains a product of its time, focusing on the conflict between criminal exploitation and civic integrity.

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Category Breakdown

Does What Price Safety! have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film does not include any characters with non-binary gender identities or narratives that question the assumption that everyone is straight. It seems to follow the typical standards of the time, which assumed everyone was heterosexual and cisgender.

How does What Price Safety! portray gender?

Limited

The story revolves around the male-dominated construction industry. Men play key roles in both criminal and investigative storylines, reinforcing traditional gender roles.

How racially and ethnically diverse is What Price Safety!?

Limited

The film depicts a society with little diversity, suggesting a cast that mirrors the homogeneity of the era without challenging its demographic norms.

How does What Price Safety! represent religion and culture?

Limited

The story examines corruption through a traditional moral lens, focusing on safeguarding public welfare rather than critiquing Western institutions.

Does What Price Safety! include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no indication of characters with visible or invisible disabilities in the film.

Present on Screen

  • Offers a clear warning about industrial corruption and the erosion of civic integrity.

Limited or Absent

  • Does not explore multi-layered complexity or disrupt traditional social hierarchies.
  • Does not engage with identity-based power dynamics or diverse demographic representation.

Official Synopsis

Racketeers muscle in on construction business, use inferior materials, make big profits and endanger the public safety.

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