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The Rolling Stones: Some Girls - Live in Texas '78

Name: The Rolling Stones: Some Girls - Live in Texas '78
Director: Lynn Leneau Calmes
Released: 1978
Duration: 85 min

Representation Score

3.8/10

Limited

1978

Not Rated

Director

Lynn Leneau Calmes

Runtime

85 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

This concert film serves as a historical document of a 1978 tour, emphasizing musical energy over narrative diversity. Despite the absence of formal queer narratives, the film offers subtle subversion through performance aesthetics. Mick Jagger’s gender-fluid stage persona challenges traditional masculine archetypes. However, the film remains tied to the demographic realities of the late-1970s mainstream rock scene, featuring a largely homogeneous audience and a lack of diverse representation.

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Category Breakdown

Does The Rolling Stones: Some Girls - Live in Texas '78 have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

While there are no explicit LGBTQ+ identities shown, Mick Jagger’s flamboyant movements and stylized costumes subtly challenge traditional masculine posturing.

How does The Rolling Stones: Some Girls - Live in Texas '78 portray gender?

Fair

The film centers on the subversion of traditional masculinity through expressive performance. However, it lacks diverse gendered perspectives and meaningful roles for women.

How racially and ethnically diverse is The Rolling Stones: Some Girls - Live in Texas '78?

Limited

The audience and performers are predominantly white, with no apparent effort to include diverse racial identities.

How does The Rolling Stones: Some Girls - Live in Texas '78 represent religion and culture?

Fair

The film focuses on the rock spectacle and the traditional rock star mythos, without critiquing Western institutions or presenting religious or moral conflicts.

Does The Rolling Stones: Some Girls - Live in Texas '78 include disability representation?

Minimal

No characters with disabilities are featured, nor are any used as plot devices.

Present on Screen

Mick Jagger’s flamboyant performance style challenges traditional masculine archetypes.
The use of gender-fluid aesthetics disrupts conventional rock stardom expectations.

Limited or Absent

The film lacks meaningful racial and ethnic diversity among the performers and audience.
There is a notable absence of women's ability to drive the story or diverse gendered perspectives.
The production lacks explicit narrative depictions of LGBTQ+ identities or characters.

Official Synopsis

Some Girls: Live in Texas '78 is a live concert film by The Rolling Stones released in 2011. This live performance was recorded and filmed in 16mm during one show at the Will Rogers Auditorium in Fort Worth, Texas on 18 July 1978, during their US Tour 1978 in support of their album Some Girls.

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