Does the dog die?
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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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There are no animals present in this film.
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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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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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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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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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
Deceived, yes; gaslighted, no.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Is someone stalked?
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Bismuth
Characters are followed by the press
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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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Is there a dead animal?
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Bismuth
Shrimp, so technically yes
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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 there pedophilia?
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JulieSanders
A man slept with an underage prostitute
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Is rape mentioned?
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CMster
Someone is caught with an underage sex worker
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Does a woman get slapped?
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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 asphyxiate?
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No, but someone hyperventilates.
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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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Bismuth
There is a prostitute who is a minor
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Does someone die?
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fraisierdesbois
Mentioned only (Senator Jackson)
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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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 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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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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Are there natural bodies of water?
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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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Law Enforcement
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
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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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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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Princess
The main character arnie goldman mentions that his grandfather died by suicide
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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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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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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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Is there misophonia?
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fraisierdesbois
Drinking
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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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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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Are there anxiety attacks?
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CMster
The character Albert is prone to anxiety attacks
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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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Are there flashing lights or images?
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gonzogm
No, but here are the times with lights: when the performers are on stage at the cabaret there are times when there are white and/or colored lights on them. They don't flash. At one point (very early in the movie) a large spotlight is shown moving slowly and it looks like it might face directly into the camera for a moment. I don't know if it does. I closed my eyes since that would've caused me a migraine, but if it does face the camera it's easy to avoid.
At one point Barbara's dad, the Senator, tells his wife & daughter that he's going to go out the window and down a ladder to avoid the press and to have the car pick him up out of sight. Once he goes out the window there are lots of press and many many camera flashes. It wasn't awful but I did get nervous & wear sunglasses for that part (better safe than sorry with lights).
At one point Barbara's dad, the Senator, tells his wife & daughter that he's going to go out the window and down a ladder to avoid the press and to have the car pick him up out of sight. Once he goes out the window there are lots of press and many many camera flashes. It wasn't awful but I did get nervous & wear sunglasses for that part (better safe than sorry with lights).
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
Paparazzi.
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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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Prejudice
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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"Fag" is used
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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sampharos
It's basically most of the movie
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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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CMster
Hank Azaria, who is white, plays a Guatemalan character with a charicatured accent
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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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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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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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Are there incestuous relationships?
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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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Partial nudity
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Are there anti-abortion themes?
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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
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Are there end credit scenes?
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sampharos
a scene plays during the start of the credits
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