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Jackass: The Movie

Name: Jackass: The Movie
Director: Jeff Tremaine
Released: 2002
Duration: 85 min

Representation Score

2.7/10

Limited

2002

Director

Jeff Tremaine

Runtime

85 minutes

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Jackass: The Movie prioritizes shock-based comedy over demographic complexity. The film's structure relies on disrupting social norms and celebrating bodily endurance. While it challenges traditional social structures, it does not address identity norms. The production remains traditional and homogeneous, lacking characters who reflect more than one aspect of diversity. The film's focus on stunts and anti-social behavior creates a non-narrative compilation that lacks diverse representation. Ultimately, the film's approach to humor and social norms is traditional and homogeneous, with little attention to multi-layered diversity.

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Category Breakdown

Does Jackass: The Movie have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film does not include any focus on LGBTQ+ identities or narratives. The ensemble focuses on heterosexual relationships without showing same-sex intimacy.

How does Jackass: The Movie portray gender?

Minimal

The production centers on a male ensemble, emphasizing hyper-masculinity and physical risk-taking. It lacks meaningful roles for women.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Jackass: The Movie?

Limited

The cast is predominantly white and male, with little intentional effort to include diverse racial backgrounds. The film's lens remains focused on a homogeneous group.

How does Jackass: The Movie represent religion and culture?

Good

The film challenges social etiquette by treating authority figures and public spaces with irreverence, creating a framework of moral relativism that questions structured Western institutions.

Does Jackass: The Movie include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no intentional representation of neurodivergence or physical disabilities. The film focuses on able-bodied performers without giving significant roles to characters with disabilities.

Present on Screen

The film challenges traditional social hierarchies and institutional respect through its irreverent treatment of public spaces and authority.
It offers a unique framework of moral relativism by questioning structured Western social institutions.

Limited or Absent

The film lacks intentional multi-layered casting, remaining centered on a predominantly white and male ensemble.
There is a significant absence of meaningful roles for women and diverse gender perspectives.
The production fails to include any representation of neurodivergence or physical disabilities.
The film lacks any focus on LGBTQ+ identities or narratives.

Official Synopsis

Johnny Knoxville and his band of maniacs perform a variety of stunts and gross-out gags on the big screen for the first time. They wander around Japan in panda outfits, wreak havoc on a once civilized golf course, they even do stunts involving LIVE alligators, and so on.

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