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The Great Match

Name: The Great Match
Director: Gerardo Olivares
Released: 2006
Duration: 88 min

Representation Score

5.6/10

Fair

2006

Not Rated

Director

Gerardo Olivares

Runtime

88 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

The film succeeds as a globalized comedic vignette that uses soccer to bridge disparate cultural realities. By centering the story on tribal groups, it avoids the homogeneity of traditional Western-centric comedy and highlights a wide spectrum of human experience. However, the film's focus on traditional tribal structures and the highly gendered nature of sports may limit the depth of its social representation. The narrative appears more focused on cultural friction than on exploring specific identity-based politics or individual ability to act.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Great Match have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film does not specifically depict LGBTQ+ identities or non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth characters. Representation of these identities is not a central part of the narrative.

How does The Great Match portray gender?

Fair

The focus on tribal groups and soccer suggests a reliance on traditional social structures. There is little indication of the ability to act of female characters.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Great Match?

Excellent

The film centers on tribal groups worldwide, breaking away from a Western-centric perspective. It prioritizes non-Western viewpoints by featuring diverse global populations as the main characters.

How does The Great Match represent religion and culture?

Good

The narrative explores the tension between indigenous lifestyles and global mass media. It critiques how Western-style entertainment influences remote social structures.

Does The Great Match include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no evidence of characters with visible or invisible disabilities being portrayed with specific ability to act or serving as central plot devices.

Present on Screen

Prioritizes non-Western perspectives by making diverse global populations the central protagonists.
Effectively uses a global medium to highlight the intersection of tradition and modern mass media.
Challenges Eurocentric comedic clichés by focusing on a wide array of international tribal groups.

Limited or Absent

Lacks visible representation or ability to act for characters with disabilities.
Provides insufficient evidence of LGBTQ+ identities or non-assuming gender matches what was assigned at birth characters.
Potential reliance on traditional gender roles within the depicted tribal settings.

Official Synopsis

A comedy about the attempts of tribal groups around the world to watch a soccer match.

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