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Best Baddies

Name: Best Baddies
Director: Nick Sumida
Released: 2018
Duration: 3 min

Representation Score

1.9/10

Minimal

2018

TV-14

Director

Nick Sumida

Runtime

3 minutes

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Best Baddies centers its narrative on women's ability to drive the story, utilizing a trio of witches to drive the plot. This structure successfully disrupts conventional expectations of female passivity by positioning women as the primary movers of social change. However, the film's progressive impact is narrow. While it challenges traditional gender roles, it fails to engage with broader issues of racial, sexual, and disability-based representation. The film's strength lies in its potential to critique social stagnation, yet it remains a limited character study rather than a diverse communal tapestry.

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Category Breakdown

Does Best Baddies have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film does not include any explicit mention of LGBTQ+ characters or non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth identities. It does not address the assumption that everyone is straight or cisgender.

How does Best Baddies portray gender?

Fair

A female-led trio of witches serves as the central focus, shifting control away from traditional male leadership. These women act as the primary agents of change through their actions.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Best Baddies?

Minimal

The synopsis provides no information about the racial or ethnic composition of the witches or the townspeople. There are no details about a non-Anglo-Saxon majority.

How does Best Baddies represent religion and culture?

Good

The plot challenges institutional norms by using mischief to disrupt a boring, stagnant small town. This framing suggests that disrupting established order can be a liberating force.

Does Best Baddies include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no evidence of characters possessing visible or invisible disabilities. The narrative does not indicate how neurodivergence or physical health is addressed.

Present on Screen

The film centers on a female-led trio, providing a departure from traditional patriarchal leadership structures.
The narrative uses mischief to challenge the stagnation of conservative or structured social environments.

Limited or Absent

The film lacks any documented representation of LGBTQ+ identities or non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth characters.
There is a complete absence of information regarding racial, ethnic, or cultural diversity within the cast.
The film provides no evidence of characters with visible or invisible disabilities.

Official Synopsis

Three witches plot to turn a boring small town into a fun place through a little mischief.

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