One handicapped, one homosexual and one ethnic minority for comic relief and/or one handicapped, one homosexual and one ethnic minority with a tragic concurrent story arc.
Have a character each in upper, middle and lower class. By the end of the movie each of these characters shall have cycled through life in each class.
Women to be representative of number of women in society and should have one to include the seven basic types of women in human nature, evil MIL, resentful SIL, dutiful DIL, independent thinking feminist, career minded homemaker, the girl next door and the neighborhood ho.
At least one song each celebrating the religious festivities of one important event in each of the three majority religions. At least five dialogue references to events of the less common religions.