Dr. John Prentice

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Dr. John Prentice is the accomplished, idealistic Black physician whose interracial relationship with a white woman drives the central social and moral conflict in the film "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner."

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Dr. John Prentice canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African American character ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
film character ⓘ
physician ⓘ
appearsIn Guess Who's Coming to Dinner ⓘ
associatedWithTopic liberal social values ⓘ
race relations in the United States ⓘ
centralConflictIn Guess Who's Coming to Dinner ⓘ
characterIn Guess Who's Coming to Dinner ⓘ
characterTrait accomplished ⓘ
idealistic ⓘ
moral ⓘ
principled ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States ⓘ
creator William Rose ⓘ
ethnicity African American ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans

Black ⓘ
fiancéOf Joanna Drayton ⓘ
filmGenreContext drama ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
hasRomanticPartner Joanna Drayton ⓘ
introducedIn 1967 film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
medium cinema ⓘ
moralFunctionInStory tests characters' racial attitudes ⓘ
narrativeRole protagonist ⓘ
notableFor challenging racial prejudice ⓘ
interracial romance storyline ⓘ
occupation doctor ⓘ
physician ⓘ
portrayedBy Sidney Poitier ⓘ
professionSpecialization medicine ⓘ
relativeTo Christina Drayton ⓘ
Matt Drayton ⓘ
romanticRelationshipType interracial relationship ⓘ
settingPeriod 1960s ⓘ
socialRoleInStory symbol of racial progress ⓘ
themeInvolvement civil rights ⓘ
interracial marriage ⓘ
racial integration ⓘ
workOfFictionType film ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner → hasCharacter → Dr. John Prentice ⓘ
Christina Drayton → interactsWith → Dr. John Prentice ⓘ
Joanna Drayton → fiancé → Dr. John Prentice ⓘ
Joanna Drayton → loveInterest → Dr. John Prentice ⓘ