The Birdcage
Movie • 1996 • Comedy
ReportA 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.
This movie contains 24 potentially triggering events.
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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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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Abuse
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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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Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone gaslighted?
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
Deceived, yes; gaslighted, no.
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
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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Animal
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Is there a dead animal?
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Bismuth
Shrimp, so technically yes
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Assault
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Is there pedophilia?
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
Nothing shown or heard, only mentioned. No details. There's a snippet of an interview with the girl; she looks about 15.
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Is rape mentioned?
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CMster
Someone is caught with an underage sex worker
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saturn
No, but there is a brief discussion about a man having slept with an underage prostitute.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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saturn
A character shaves their face with an electric razor towards the beginning of the film.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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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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Does someone asphyxiate?
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No, but someone hyperventilates.
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Children
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Bismuth
There is a prostitute who is a minor
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Family
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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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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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Shnn222
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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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 there body dysphoria?
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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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Is there body dysmorphia?
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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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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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CMster
A main character announces it loudly and histrionically. It's meant to be funny.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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CMster
The character Albert is prone to anxiety attacks
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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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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Pregnancy
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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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-1
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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Are there homophobic slurs?
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"Fag" is used
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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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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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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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MaximeLoria
Response to the above comment - Hank Azaria isn’t “white”, he’s a Sephardic Jew. He is Hispanic and of Middle Eastern descent. Besides, I’m Hispanic and I don’t think his character was offensive at all, it was hilarious.
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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CMster
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
Barbara is said to be "not even 18" while Val is 20+. Not huge, but creepy
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
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saturn
Some revealing costumes, discussions of sex, nude statues, etc., but no sex scenes or implied sex scenes.
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Are there nude scenes?
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Bismuth
Partial nudity
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Social
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Are there anti-abortion themes?
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CMster
A character spouts a lot of very retrograde views including about abortion, but it's not a theme
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Spoiler
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Vehicular
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Violence
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