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Scored entertainment-first on WhatSphere's content-balance model 3

Its showrunner stated on the record that "the No, 1 thing we kept coming back to is that it needs to be funny first and foremost, I never wanted this show to be important, I never wanted this show to b…" 1. Its showrunner stated on the record that "i wanted to show white people, you don't know everything about black culture, My thesis was I want to show people how it felt to be black, You can't really wri…" 2. Taken together, the content-balance model places it entertainment-first at 6 of 100 3. Relative to the expected cast make-up for its production origin, on-screen representation registers above the baseline for Black and below it for White and Hispanic 4.

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    Creator statementshowrunner: "The No. 1 thing we kept coming back to is that it needs to be funny first and foremost. I never wanted this show to be important. I never wanted this show to be about diversity; all that shit is wack…"Collider, August 2016 (FX TCA panel) source ↗
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    Creator statementshowrunner: "I wanted to show white people, you don't know everything about black culture. My thesis was I want to show people how it felt to be black. You can't really write that down. You kind of have to feel i…"The New Yorker profile, February 2018, via Billboard source ↗
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    Content balanceAdvocacy 6 of 100, tier entertainment-first.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1. Swaps: 0 race, 0 gender, 0 critical -> 0
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    RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: Black 97, White 2, Hispanic 28.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1

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Synopsis

Two cousins work through the Atlanta music scene in order to better their lives and the lives of their families.

Young MaleYoung FemaleMature MaleMature Female
Primary audienceOlder Men
Targeted

Quadrant Scores

Young Men
67
Young Women
22
Older Men
78
Older Women
34
Advocacy6
Entertainment

Audience Representation

White
2
Black
97
Hispanic
28
Asian
38
South Asian
46
Middle Eastern
48
Indigenous
48
Mixed
54
Other
48
LGBTQ+
0

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