Reverend Shaw Moore in Footloose
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Reverend Shaw Moore in Footloose is the strict, conservative small-town minister whose opposition to dancing and rock music becomes the central obstacle the teenagers must overcome.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Reverend Shaw Moore in Footloose canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3585079 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Reverend Shaw Moore in Footloose Context triple: [John Lithgow, filmRole, Reverend Shaw Moore in Footloose]
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A.
John Michael Murphy in Father Murphy
John Michael Murphy in Father Murphy is the compassionate frontier schoolteacher and central character of the early-1980s American Western drama series Father Murphy.
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B.
Father Murphy
Father Murphy is an American Western drama television series from the early 1980s, starring Merlin Olsen as a frontiersman who protects and cares for a group of orphaned children by posing as a priest.
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C.
Pastor Russell
Pastor Russell was the popular title of Charles Taze Russell, the 19th–20th century American religious leader who founded the Bible Student movement that later gave rise to Jehovah’s Witnesses.
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D.
Shawn Stockman
Shawn Stockman is an American singer, songwriter, and producer best known as a member of the R&B vocal group Boyz II Men.
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E.
John McGiver
John McGiver was an American character actor known for his distinctive, pompous demeanor and precise diction in numerous films and television shows of the 1950s and 1960s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Reverend Shaw Moore in Footloose Target entity description: Reverend Shaw Moore in Footloose is the strict, conservative small-town minister whose opposition to dancing and rock music becomes the central obstacle the teenagers must overcome.
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A.
John Michael Murphy in Father Murphy
John Michael Murphy in Father Murphy is the compassionate frontier schoolteacher and central character of the early-1980s American Western drama series Father Murphy.
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B.
Father Murphy
Father Murphy is an American Western drama television series from the early 1980s, starring Merlin Olsen as a frontiersman who protects and cares for a group of orphaned children by posing as a priest.
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C.
Pastor Russell
Pastor Russell was the popular title of Charles Taze Russell, the 19th–20th century American religious leader who founded the Bible Student movement that later gave rise to Jehovah’s Witnesses.
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D.
Shawn Stockman
Shawn Stockman is an American singer, songwriter, and producer best known as a member of the R&B vocal group Boyz II Men.
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E.
John McGiver
John McGiver was an American character actor known for his distinctive, pompous demeanor and precise diction in numerous films and television shows of the 1950s and 1960s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Footloose (1984 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Footloose
Footloose (2011 film) ⓘ Footloose (stage musical) ⓘ
linked to:
Footloose
|
| basedIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| centralThemeRelation |
generational conflict
ⓘ
religious conservatism vs youth freedom ⓘ |
| characterIn | Footloose ⓘ |
| child | Ariel Moore ⓘ |
| conflictsWith |
Ariel Moore
ⓘ
Ren McCormack ⓘ |
| createdBy | Dean Pitchford ⓘ |
| developmentArc |
learns to compromise
ⓘ
relaxes ban on dancing ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreContext | musical drama ⓘ |
| influences |
Bomont town council
ⓘ
linked to:
Bomont
|
| medium |
film
ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ |
| memberOf | Bomont church ⓘ |
| motivatedBy |
desire to protect youth
ⓘ
grief over his son’s death ⓘ |
| name | Shaw Moore ⓘ |
| notableScene |
church sermon against dancing
ⓘ
final approval of school dance ⓘ |
| occupation | minister ⓘ |
| opposes |
dancing
ⓘ
rock music ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
authoritative
ⓘ
conservative ⓘ controlling ⓘ strict ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Dennis Quaid
ⓘ
John Lithgow ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence | Bomont ⓘ |
| roleInStory |
antagonist
ⓘ
town preacher ⓘ |
| setting | small rural American town ⓘ |
| spouse | Vi Moore ⓘ |
| supports |
moral conservatism
ⓘ
strict town ordinances ⓘ |
| title | Reverend ⓘ |
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Subject: Reverend Shaw Moore in Footloose Description of subject: Reverend Shaw Moore in Footloose is the strict, conservative small-town minister whose opposition to dancing and rock music becomes the central obstacle the teenagers must overcome.
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