Scored entertainment-first on WhatSphere's content-balance model 5
Its director stated on the record that "diversity is the responsibility of directors, I knew I wanted a really diverse cast, All the decisions we made on that were made with the desire to bring prope…" 1. Its director stated on the record that "the stereotype of the Ancient One had to be undone, I wanted it to be a woman, a middle-aged woman, Every iteration of that script played by an Asian woman fel…" 2. Its producer stated on the record that "we thought we were being so smart, and so cutting-edge, We're not going to do the cliché of the wizened, old, wise Asian man, But it was a wake-up call to say,…" 3. Its narrative-universality assessment registers 8 of 10 4. Taken together, the content-balance model places it entertainment-first at 13 of 100 5.
- 1Creator statementdirector: "Diversity is the responsibility of directors. I knew I wanted a really diverse cast. All the decisions we made on that were made with the desire to bring proper diversity to the movie and were made i…"Heroic Hollywood, 2016 source ↗
- 2Creator statementdirector: "The stereotype of the Ancient One had to be undone. I wanted it to be a woman, a middle-aged woman. Every iteration of that script played by an Asian woman felt like a Dragon Lady. Whitewashing, if y…"Doctor Strange premiere interview, Variety, 2016 source ↗
- 3Creator statementproducer: "We thought we were being so smart, and so cutting-edge. We're not going to do the cliché of the wizened, old, wise Asian man. But it was a wake-up call to say, well, wait a minute, is there any other…"Variety, May 2021 source ↗
- 4Narrative universalityNarrative universality 8 of 10; identity centrality incidental.WhatSphere content assessment. Narrative universality 8/10 -> advocacy signal 22
- 5Content balanceAdvocacy 13 of 100, tier entertainment-first.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1. Narrative universality 8/10 -> advocacy signal 22
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Age: 38 — leans younger
Quadrant Scores
Audience Representation
Racial audience withheld
Only 65% of the cast has a researched race, so these scores stay blank.
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A partial classification would pull origin-race scores toward the researched slice and away from the cast as it is. The nine audience scores are withheld instead of shown as zero. Zero would mean no audience, which is not what a thin cast record says.
Faithfulness
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Advocacy
Where to Watch (US)
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Fandango At HomeAmazon VideoApple TV StoreGoogle Play MoviesYouTubeFandango At HomeSynopsis
After his career is destroyed, a brilliant but arrogant surgeon gets a new lease on life when a sorcerer takes him under her wing and trains him to defend the world against evil.
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Lineage and popularity
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Advocacy Over Time in Fantasy
The average advocacy score of Fantasy titles by release year, with this title marked. Higher is more advocacy-driven.
| Year | Average advocacy | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 2 | 2 |
| 1970 | 0 | 2 |
| 1977 | 0 | 2 |
| 1978 | 3 | 2 |
| 1982 | 0 | 2 |
| 1984 | 1 | 6 |
| 1985 | 3 | 2 |
| 1986 | 0 | 3 |
| 1987 | 1 | 5 |
| 1988 | 1 | 5 |
| 1989 | 4 | 2 |
| 1990 | 0 | 5 |
| 1991 | 1 | 4 |
| 1992 | 4 | 4 |
| 1993 | 2 | 3 |
| 1994 | 3 | 5 |
| 1995 | 2 | 4 |
| 1996 | 0 | 2 |
| 1997 | 3 | 3 |
| 1998 | 2 | 6 |
| 1999 | 2 | 6 |
| 2000 | 2 | 4 |
| 2001 | 7 | 9 |
| 2002 | 7 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 7 |
| 2004 | 7 | 6 |
| 2005 | 2 | 7 |
| 2006 | 3 | 8 |
| 2007 | 2 | 8 |
| 2008 | 6 | 7 |
| 2009 | 5 | 4 |
| 2010 | 6 | 3 |
| 2011 | 6 | 4 |
| 2013 | 10 | 5 |
| 2014 | 5 | 2 |
| 2016 | 24 | 6 |
| 2017 | 17 | 6 |
| 2018 | 10 | 3 |
| 2019 | 19 | 12 |
| 2020 | 24 | 4 |
| 2021 | 11 | 8 |
| 2022 | 22 | 15 |
| 2023 | 30 | 11 |
| 2024 | 6 | 8 |
| 2025 | 6 | 16 |
| 2026 | 11 | 10 |
| This title (2016) | 13 | 1 |
● This title (2016): advocacy 13 · explore Fantasy →
Cast & Crew
James Morrissey (director) · Clementine Dupont (director)
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