The Birdcage

Movie • 1996 • Comedy  

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A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancé's conservative moralistic parents.
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Does the dog die?
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kkcoolcat
There are no animals present in this film.
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Abandonment
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
A 20-year-old man, whom we never see as a child, has been without his mother his whole life, even though she isn't far away and could easily have been in his life. He doesn't seem too emotionally affected by her absence, though.
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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Is someone stalked?
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Bismuth
Characters are followed by the press
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goblinbrodie
No, but the topic is alluded to. At one point a character goads his partner, saying "hit me, you know you want to". It's portrayed as him just being a "drama queen".
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Deceived, yes; gaslighted, no.
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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Is a child abused?
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We learn that a politician was with an underage prostitute, and we see a clip of her saying one sentence to the press about it - something like "He looked weird, but he was smiling, so I didn't worry." No abuse on screen.
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Addiction
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AllyxandraDouglasVega
Subverted in that a character is shown to be taking medication for emotional stress, but it's just aspirin with two letters scraped off. It's played for laughs.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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Are animals abused?
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Shrimp, so technically yes
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Is an animal sad?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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Are there snakes?
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Are there sharks?
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone drugged?
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Is there pedophilia?
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A man slept with an underage prostitute
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Is someone held under water?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Someone is caught with an underage sex worker
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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Is someone restrained?
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No, but there is a brief discussion about a man having slept with an underage prostitute.
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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Bodily Harm
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saturn
A character shaves their face with an electric razor towards the beginning of the film.
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Are any hands damaged?
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Are there dislocations?
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Is there throat mutilation?
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saturn
A character panics and struggles to breathe but it is quickly resolved and there is no physical thing stopping him from breathing.
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Is there decapitation?
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Is someone choked?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there body horror?
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Is there amputation?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is there a hanging?
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No, but someone hyperventilates.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is someone stabbed?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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Does a kid die?
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Bismuth
There is a prostitute who is a minor
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Creepy Crawly
Are there bedbugs?
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Death
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kkcoolcat
Someone is forced to sacrifice who they are to please others, but this is ratified eventually.
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Does a major character die?
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Does a non-human character die?
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Does someone die?
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fraisierdesbois
Mentioned only (Senator Jackson)
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Disability
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Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
Does a family member die?
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Does a parent die?
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Does someone cheat?
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kylea
No one cheats however someone is suspected of cheating during the beginning of the movie.
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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Are there jump scares?
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Is there a shower scene?
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CMster
It's set in Miami so there are scenes of characters driving by a large body of water
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Are there clowns?
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sampharos
there are drag queens, possible some in the background were more clownish but none are prominent, i cant really remember any
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Is someone possessed?
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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Are there razors?
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Are there mannequins?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Is there farting?
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Is someone eaten?
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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Does someone spit?
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Is there audio gore?
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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Is there incarceration?
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LGBTQ+
Are there transphobic slurs?
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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There is suspected cheating and one of the characters in the main relationship has had sex with a woman in the past but he makes it clear that he is only interested in men
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The whole movie is Armand and Albert trying to hide the fact that they're queer, but they get found out near the end.
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Is there menstruation?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
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Does someone self harm?
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Is autism misrepresented?
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Bismuth
No, but suicide is mentioned and a character at one point implies they are planning for their death, saying they’re going to the cemetery because their feel unwanted.
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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Is there misophonia?
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fraisierdesbois
Drinking
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CMster
The character Albert is prone to anxiety attacks
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Is there ABA therapy?
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CMster
A main character announces it loudly and histrionically. It's meant to be funny.
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
Copy of someone else's well-phrased comment, which was mistakenly placed under a different question: "Played for laughs but a major character who is a drag actor is implied to partly identify as female and shows insecurities regarding their age and condition."
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AllyxandraDouglasVega
Played for laughs but a major character who is a drag actor is implied to partly identify as female and shows insecurities regarding their age and condition.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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inferiorwit
No explicit eating disorders, but a character mentions they have lost weight in an attempt to be sexually appealing to another character.
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Princess
The main character arnie goldman mentions that his grandfather died by suicide
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Noxious
Are there underwater scenes?
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Is there shakey cam?
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Does a baby cry?
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Is there screaming?
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Paranoia
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Paparazzi.
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Princess
There is a dinner scene where the issue is discussed though.
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
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"Fag" is used
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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saturn
Nothing violent, but a Jewish family lies about their last name and history to present a more "conservatively American" version of themselves for an evening, as their guests are somewhat antisemitic.
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sampharos
It's basically most of the movie
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Albert is a drag queen and pretends to be a woman, so he's called pretty much everything at some point.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there fat jokes?
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Is there aphobia?
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Hank Azaria, who is white, plays a Guatemalan character with a charicatured accent
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Does the black guy die first?
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Is there hate speech?
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AllyxandraDouglasVega
A few questionable references to queer people, and a number of blatant references to people of color as "the blacks."
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Relationships
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A politician gets caught with an underage sex worker

Barbara is said to be "not even 18" while Val is 20+. Not huge, but creepy
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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Are there demons or Hell?
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Sex
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Bismuth
Partial nudity
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Is there bestiality?
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Some revealing costumes, discussions of sex, nude statues, etc., but no sex scenes or implied sex scenes.
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Is there BDSM?
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Sexism
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Sickness
Is someone terminally ill?
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Does someone have a stroke?
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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Social
Are there fat suits?
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Is someone homeless?
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Is existentialism debated?
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A character spouts a lot of very retrograde views including about abortion, but it's not a theme
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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sampharos
a scene plays during the start of the credits
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Vehicular
Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Does a car crash?
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Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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Is there blood/gore?
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there gun violence?
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