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Scored mixed entertainment and message on WhatSphere's content-balance model 6

Its showrunner stated on the record that "my kids both had friends at different schools who identified as gender non-binary, and they each told me about it, So we started to ask those questions and lea…" 1. Its showrunner stated on the record that "we don't make these broad social statements on the show, we allow the viewer to make them for themselves, But by introducing a character like this, we figured…" 2. Its actor stated on the record that "accurate representation is the difference between life and death" 3. Its narrative-universality assessment registers 7 of 10 4. LGBTQ representation is assessed as central to the story 5. Taken together, the content-balance model places it mixed entertainment and message at 29 of 100 6. Relative to the expected cast make-up for its production origin, on-screen representation registers above the baseline for White and below it for Hispanic and Black 7.

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    Creator statementshowrunner: "My kids both had friends at different schools who identified as gender non-binary, and they each told me about it. So we started to ask those questions and learn."ThinkProgress, 2016 source ↗
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    Creator statementshowrunner: "We don't make these broad social statements on the show, we allow the viewer to make them for themselves. But by introducing a character like this, we figured we would start a kind of conversation th…"ThinkProgress, 2016 source ↗
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    Creator statementactor: "Accurate representation is the difference between life and death."Popcorn with Peter Travers, ABC News source ↗
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    Narrative universalityNarrative universality 7 of 10; identity centrality present.WhatSphere content assessment. Narrative universality 7/10 -> advocacy signal 33
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    LGBTQ centralityLGBTQ centrality 3 of 5.WhatSphere content assessment
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    Content balanceAdvocacy 29 of 100, tier mixed entertainment and message.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1. Narrative universality 7/10 -> advocacy signal 33
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    RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: White 86, Hispanic 28, Black 34.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1

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Primary audienceOlder MenOlder Men71
Young MaleYoung FemaleMature MaleMature Female
Primary audienceOlder Men
Targeted

Quadrant Scores

Young Men
45
Young Women
29
Older Men
71
Older Women
56
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Audience Representation

White
86
Black
34
Hispanic
28
Asian
43
South Asian
51
Middle Eastern
48
Indigenous
48
Mixed
42
Other
48
LGBTQ+
34

Faithfulness

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Advocacy

Advocacy29
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Synopsis

A complex drama about power politics in the world of New York high finance. Shrewd, savvy U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades and the brilliant, ambitious hedge fund king Bobby "Axe" Axelrod are on an explosive collision course, with each using all of his considerable smarts, power and influence to outmaneuver the other. The stakes are in the billions in this timely, provocative series.

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2006282
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