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Call Your Father

Name: Call Your Father
Director: Jordan Firstman
Released: 2017
Duration: 19 min

Representation Score

7.9/10

Good

2017

Not Rated

Director

Jordan Firstman

Runtime

19 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Call Your Father is a focused piece that prioritizes intellectual exploration over broad demographic representation. By using a queer perspective, it effectively critiques traditional Western social structures, especially those centered around the paternal figure. Though the film provides a nuanced look at gender performance and masculinity, its narrow focus restricts its inclusivity. The video essay format limits the display of racial and ethnic diversity. Overall, the film stands as a significant critique of identity, trading conventional storytelling for a postmodern examination of social archetypes.

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Category Breakdown

Does Call Your Father have LGBTQ+ representation?

Excellent

The film explores identity through a non-straight perspective, challenging traditional views of relationships and focusing on the impact of patriarchal structures rather than romantic intimacy.

How does Call Your Father portray gender?

Excellent

The film challenges traditional gender roles by presenting fatherhood as a performance rather than a fixed role, questioning the authority and scripts typically associated with masculinity.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Call Your Father?

Limited

The limited scope of the film, confined to a single monologue in a domestic setting, lacks visible diversity. The narrative does not address the overlapping aspects of identity related to race.

How does Call Your Father represent religion and culture?

Good

The film questions traditional family structures and religious morality by adopting a skeptical tone that prioritizes personal truth over institutional norms.

Does Call Your Father include disability representation?

Fair

The film focuses on the symbols and archetypes of gender, without representing neurodivergent or physical disabilities.

Present on Screen

Challenges traditional gender roles and masculine archetypes.
Engages deeply with queer theory and non-straight perspectives.
Offers an intellectual deconstruction of patriarchal institutions.

Limited or Absent

Limited racial and ethnic diversity due to the narrow, solo-performer format.
Little engagement with the overlapping aspects of identity related to race.
No visible representation of neurodivergent or physical disabilities.

Official Synopsis

Usually a reserved guy, Greg struggles to keep up with young, unpredictable Josh on their first date. But as the night continues, things spiral out of control and the two men must confront the generational divide in this cutting and insightful comedy about what it means to be gay in contemporary America.

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