Scored mixed entertainment and message on WhatSphere's content-balance model 4
Its writer/director stated on the record that "i was not pressured to tone down the relationship — if anything, we worked together to make the relationship more complex and intimate" 1. POWER UP is documented as involved through funding condition 2. LGBTQ representation is assessed as central to the story 3. Taken together, the content-balance model places it mixed entertainment and message at 22 of 100 4. Relative to the expected cast make-up for its production origin, on-screen representation registers above the baseline for mixed-heritage and below it for White and Hispanic 5.
- 1Creator statementwriter/director: "I was not pressured to tone down the relationship — if anything, we worked together to make the relationship more complex and intimate."AfterEllen / Wikipedia (D.E.B.S. 2003 short) source ↗
- 2Advocacy orgPOWER UP involved via funding condition; evidence type confirmed_reporting.POWER UP (advocacy group) source ↗
- 3LGBTQ centralityLGBTQ centrality 5 of 5.WhatSphere content assessment
- 4Content balanceAdvocacy 22 of 100, tier mixed entertainment and message.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1
- 5RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: mixed-heritage 77, White 11, Hispanic 33.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1
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Synopsis
The star of a team of teenage crime fighters falls for the alluring villainess she must bring to justice.
Age: 33 — leans younger
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Advocacy Over Time in Action
The average advocacy score of Action titles by release year, with this title marked. Higher is more advocacy-driven.
| Year | Average advocacy | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 0 | 2 |
| 1965 | 4 | 3 |
| 1966 | 0 | 4 |
| 1968 | 2 | 2 |
| 1970 | 0 | 2 |
| 1971 | 0 | 4 |
| 1972 | 0 | 2 |
| 1973 | 1 | 9 |
| 1975 | 0 | 3 |
| 1977 | 2 | 2 |
| 1979 | 0 | 3 |
| 1980 | 3 | 5 |
| 1981 | 0 | 3 |
| 1982 | 0 | 5 |
| 1983 | 0 | 7 |
| 1984 | 2 | 11 |
| 1985 | 0 | 7 |
| 1986 | 2 | 10 |
| 1987 | 1 | 14 |
| 1988 | 0 | 4 |
| 1989 | 0 | 10 |
| 1990 | 0 | 5 |
| 1991 | 0 | 9 |
| 1992 | 1 | 8 |
| 1993 | 0 | 11 |
| 1994 | 2 | 14 |
| 1995 | 1 | 11 |
| 1996 | 0 | 9 |
| 1997 | 2 | 13 |
| 1998 | 0 | 10 |
| 1999 | 1 | 13 |
| 2000 | 1 | 11 |
| 2001 | 1 | 20 |
| 2002 | 1 | 17 |
| 2003 | 2 | 14 |
| 2004 | 2 | 19 |
| 2005 | 3 | 18 |
| 2006 | 1 | 23 |
| 2007 | 1 | 18 |
| 2008 | 2 | 22 |
| 2009 | 2 | 9 |
| 2010 | 3 | 8 |
| 2011 | 3 | 12 |
| 2012 | 5 | 10 |
| 2013 | 4 | 16 |
| 2014 | 6 | 9 |
| 2015 | 7 | 16 |
| 2016 | 15 | 9 |
| 2017 | 9 | 17 |
| 2018 | 9 | 20 |
| 2019 | 11 | 18 |
| 2020 | 10 | 13 |
| 2021 | 10 | 25 |
| 2022 | 15 | 32 |
| 2023 | 12 | 25 |
| 2024 | 8 | 31 |
| 2025 | 4 | 35 |
| 2026 | 8 | 16 |
| This title (2005) | 22 | 1 |
● This title (2005): advocacy 22 · explore Action →
Cast & Crew
Hillary Schwartz (director) · Sholto J. Roeg (director)
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