Ghostbusters

Representation / casting choices

Deliberate all-female casting in the iconic Ghostbusters lead roles as an explicit gender-swapped reboot, with marketing and public discussion centering women replacing male originals and creating clear audience-visible identity signaling.

Political / ideological dialogue

Virtually absent from the script; no activist speeches, modern political rants, or ideological messaging beyond one quick comedic reference to online sexism comments.

Identity-driven story themes

Female protagonists succeed as scientists and investigators with occasional light empowerment beats and reversed-gender humor, but these remain incidental support for the supernatural comedy rather than central identity-politics drivers or unearned girlboss dominance.

Institutional / cultural critique

None; the film contains no modern activist framing of patriarchy, toxic masculinity, capitalism, or Western institutions as flawed systems, nor any present-day systemic oppression messaging.