Does the dog die?
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The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals
Movie • 2018 • Music
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Paul Matthews is an boring man working a boring job in Hatchetfield. There is nothing special about him apart from the fact that he hates musicals with a passion. But what will he do when after a meteor strikes at the old Starlight Theatre, one morning without warning the entirety of his quiet town begins to transform into a musical?
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No dogs die during the show, but a character mentions eating a dog.
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Is there live gunfire?
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All gunfire is fake
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Abandonment
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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not directly, but when 17-year-old alice is posessed, she sings to her dad that it's his fault she got posessed because he "left her". he didn't actually leave her, she ran off to go be with her girlfriend because they had an argument. it's clear that the posessed alice is just trying to make her father feel bad
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A character is emotionally abused/neglected by her husband, but not physically abused. Said husband does try to shoot her, but only because he is possessed.
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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Sort of? A character has a very emotionally estranged relationship with her husband, and while I’m not quite sure I should call it abuse, she does repeatedly try and forgive him.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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A character manipulates their significant other to help them get untied from a chair. The character is possessed at that point.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
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No explicit addiction but one minor character is described as a “hardcore stoner”
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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At the start of the musical in the office, Charlotte is seen smoking and drinking because of her marriage problems.
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A brief scene depicting smoking weed, and a minor character is described as a “hardcore stoner”
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Animal
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“Her cat is dead”
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Does a cat die?
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Not shown, but briefly mentioned in "Show Me Your Hands".
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Does a pet die?
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only mentioned, "cathy lost her cat in a tree" "her cat is dead"
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Assault
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Is someone drugged?
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hidgens is seen injecting emma with something that makes her pass out
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Does a woman get slapped?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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No one is assaulted, but one song has one character vividly describing his choking kink to another character who is visibly uncomfortable. It's played for laughs.
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Is someone restrained?
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Two characters are held hostage and tied to chairs during the climax, however the ropes aren't physically there and the actors are simply miming being tied up
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Bodily Harm
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Is there excessive gore?
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there is some mild gore (such as organs spilling out of people), but it is visibly fake.
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Is there body horror?
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A character’s brain is exposed, and another has her intestines hanging out of her stomach. Neither are super graphic, as they are colored blue, but it is still rather disturbing.
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Does a head get squashed?
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However, it’s worth noting that a head is hit so hard that the brain falls out
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Is there decapitation?
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note that the brains are not realistic and are blue
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Is there cannibalism?
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In the song La Dee Dah Dah Day a man briefly mentions “snacking on a dead man’s face”
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Is there amputation?
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No one has limbs amputated, but be aware that there's scene where a character's leg is broken, and there's a (simulated) piece of shrapnel piercing her leg.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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"What Do You Want, Paul" has a character sing at length about wanting to be choked during sex.
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Does someone break a bone?
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Okay, so it is a fake bone in Emma's leg after the helicopter crashes. It is either a bone or a piece of shrapnel from the wreckage.
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Is someone choked?
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No, but there is a character that mentions choking as one of his kinks, and it’s played for laughs
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Not to their deaths, but characters fall from a helicopter.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Emma passes out after being drugged by Professor Hidgens.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Brief mention in a song, "kick his nuts" and a quick miming of the action,not graphic at all.
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Is someone tortured?
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I don't know if this counts but I guess mentally when the main character is made to sit through his boss yapping about his choking kink and is not allowed to leave. He is visibly EXTREMELY uncomfortable.
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Children
Does a kid die?
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17-year-old Alice may still be moving around, but she has become infected by the musical aliens, and thus can be/is considered dead.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
Does a non-human character die?
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Peanuts the Hatchetfield pocket squirrel lives!!!
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Does a major character die?
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Major, MAJOR spoilers
(Almost) All of the main characters end up infected by the hive mind, which is done by killing them.
(Almost) All of the main characters end up infected by the hive mind, which is done by killing them.
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Paul sacrifices himself to destroy the root of the musical hivemind. It doesn't work and he effectively dies for nothing.
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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Does a parent die?
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Bill is shot and killed by his daughter, Alice.
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Does someone cheat?
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Charlotte cheats on Sam with Ted, and Sam cheats on Charlotte with one of the girls from the coffee shop.
Charlotte cheats on Sam with Ted, and Sam cheats on Charlotte with one of the girls from the coffee shop.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Professor Hidgens kidnaps Emma and Ted, but for the conceivable purpose of protecting them.
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Does a family member die?
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A character's daughter gets infected offscreen, and later shoots and kills him also
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Fear
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Is someone possessed?
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By aliens
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Are there jump scares?
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No real jumpscares but there are a couple instances where someone’s entrance/actions could be mildly startling?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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At the very end Paul kind of gags and sticks his fingers in his mouth but doesn't vomit
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Is there audio gore?
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Slight audio gore at the end of "Tied Up My Heart"
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Is someone eaten?
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I don't know why people are saying yes to this. However, someone mentions snacking on a dead man's face, which isn't shown or mentioned after, and one character puts another character's intestine in his mouth but isn't shown to actually eat them or anything.
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Does someone spit?
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A character accidentally spits blood into another character's face. There are also discussions of spitting into other people's food, and sometimes the actors get a little carried away with their lines + visibly spit during delivery.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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The cops act all cool but it’s a joke and nobody in the musical treats them as cool.
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Is there incarceration?
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A musical number where a band of possessed cops attempt to apprehend the protagonists. They spout contradictory demands and resort to violence when said demands are not met, though it's all rather goofy in tone. Later, Paul is knocked out and taken into custody by the military.
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LGBTQ+
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Live Theatre
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Is there audience participation?
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Characters cut through the audience while "taking a shortcut" to buy time for a scene change, but do not interact with the audience directly. A character becomes aware of the audience during the final bows and begs the people in the front rows for help. (If you are going to a live production rather than watching on YouTube, both these things are likely dependent on the size of the venue and the director.)
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Are there entrances from audience?
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No but they do interact with the audience and thw cast enter through the audience section
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Loss
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Medical
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Is there a hospital scene?
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The ending scene takes place in a hospital, though the only indication is that there is a nurse present, and a hospital monitor beeps in the background.
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Are needles/syringes used?
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1:15:08- A character is drugged using a syringe.
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Mental Health
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*spoiler warning* at the end of Not Your Seed, Bill almost does.
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Is autism misrepresented?
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The main character Paul, while not being canonically autistic, can definitely be read as so. The representation is pretty accurate, from my personal experience.
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Is there misophonia?
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There are some sounds that can be considered misophonic, such as the sounds for the guts at the end of "Tied Up My Heart"
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[Spoilers]
All of "Let it Out"
All of "Let it Out"
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Paul gets very shaken up over the course of the plot, but it's treated humorously and doesn't last long.
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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Charlotte is shown to drink at work in the first scene, so it could be possible she has an addiction
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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Paul freaks out a bit after witnessing his boss perform "What do you Want, Paul?". He tries to convince himself he's hallucinating or dreaming, and screams in the coffee shop. (Though his screaming is comedic: "Hello?! Hello?! Please, God, I just want a black coffee!")
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1:11:46- A character attempts suicide, but is stopped almost immediately.
Another character's death can be considered a suicide, as he plans his own murder. This is drawn out for a while, and is hard to give an exact time stamp.
Another character's death can be considered a suicide, as he plans his own murder. This is drawn out for a while, and is hard to give an exact time stamp.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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"just let me d!e" is said once, around two thirds of the way through.
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Natural Disasters
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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In some recordings, the camera may be a bit shaky. This is not as apparent in the official version at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrxKX44qBJ0
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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There are some strobe affects, particularly at the end of “Let It Out”, when they’re used to simulate an explosion, as the main character Paul has just pulled the pin from a grenade.
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Is there screaming?
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screams throughout, but a loud and slightly distressing one is towards the very end during the song ‘inevitable’
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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The characters swear a lot
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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in one scene in the first act, we see Paul and Emma try to hide next to some trash cans before Bill, Charlotte, and Ted all make a loud sound as each of them exit the trash cans
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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A character becomes aware of the audience during the final bows. It sends her into a panic, particularly when they don't try to help.
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Spoilers: during the end, a character is aware that the audience is there and are clapping and cheering at her while she asks them for help. It's pretty unnerving
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
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One song has a brief reference to the Holocaust.
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Does the black guy die first?
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IWannaBeAStarshipRanger is incorrect, multiple characters die onstage before Bill.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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(MAJOR SPOILERS FOR THE ENDING) lgbt characters are killed, but doesn’t fit the bury your gays trope since pretty much everyone dies
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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Jokes about Methodism vs. Presbyterianism, multiple scenes where characters pray to god.
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Is there sexual content?
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There is quite a lot of sexual themes and language throughout, especially during “what do you want Paul” and in scenes with Charlotte and Ted.
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Are there nude scenes?
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No nudity, but a male character is shown shirtless
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Ted, the office a*****e refers to a female barista as a "latte-hottay". Paul awkwardly and shamefully brings back the phrase later.
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Is there BDSM?
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Only mentioned
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Social
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Is someone homeless?
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there is one homeless character who is briefly in two scenes
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Spoiler
Does it have a sad ending?
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Spoilers: Literally every character dies lol
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Vehicular
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Does a plane crash?
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Helicopter crash
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Does a car crash?
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worth noting that a character does mention their sister dying in a car crash in the past
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Brief mention of a character dying in a car crash
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
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Worth noting that it’s pretty obviously fake, but still pretty graphic
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Is there gun violence?
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Multiple guns are used throughout the show, and several characters are shot to death.
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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The climax ends with a bomb going off, but this is only presented by the lights going out and some explosion sounds.
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