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Davey Jones' Locker

Name: Davey Jones' Locker
Director: Frederick S. Armitage
Released: 1900
Duration: 1 min

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Representation Score

3.0/10

Limited

1900

Director

Frederick S. Armitage

Runtime

1 minutes

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Davey Jones' Locker is a brief, surrealist work centered on a dancing skeleton aboard a two-masted ship. Because the film relies on non-human, symbolic imagery, it lacks the human characterization necessary to address most social dimensions of diversity. The absence of a human cast means that racial, ethnic, and gendered power dynamics are not present. The film functions as a visual spectacle of the macabre rather than a narrative exploring human identity. Ultimately, the low diversity score reflects the film's extreme brevity and its focus on supernatural entities rather than a lack of progressive intent.

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Category Breakdown

Does Davey Jones' Locker have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The dancing skeleton is a non-human entity without a defined gender. There is no explicit depiction of LGBTQ identity or non-cisgender expression within the visual performance.

How does Davey Jones' Locker portray gender?

Fair

By using a skeletal figure, the film avoids traditional gender hierarchies. The character's movement through dance gives it a significant role in the story, but it does not challenge traditional gender roles.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Davey Jones' Locker?

Minimal

The film centers on a supernatural entity aboard a maritime vessel. There is no evidence of human actors or racialized characters.

How does Davey Jones' Locker represent religion and culture?

Fair

The work emphasizes surreal imagery over traditional Western morals. It presents a secular, existentialist spectacle through rhythmic, macabre celebration.

Does Davey Jones' Locker include disability representation?

Minimal

The subject matter involves a supernatural entity. There is no evidence of portraying neurodivergence or physical disabilities as part of a human lived experience.

Present on Screen

The use of a skeletal figure effectively removes traditional gendered power dynamics from the screen.
The film avoids promoting singular religious or patriotic ideals by focusing on surrealist, existentialist imagery.

Limited or Absent

The lack of a human cast results in a total absence of racial and ethnic representation.
The non-human subject matter prevents any meaningful exploration of gender identity or LGBTQ expression.
The film's minimal narrative structure offers no opportunity to depict human lived experiences like disability.

Official Synopsis

Two sets of images are superimposed. From the side, we see a two-masted ship. Across the deck walks a skeleton. It sits down, its legs akimbo. The legs separate and continue a dance while the body of the skeleton faces us and the skull moves its jaw bone. It rises and the legs rejoin the skull and body for an additional jig back and forth on deck.

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