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Scored entertainment-first on WhatSphere's content-balance model 5

Its director stated on the record that "the system's broken, and why not use a film to make a comment on that, The whole MO, of the film was, let's make a comic book film where we run everything thr…" 1. Its director stated on the record that "look at this as a way to sneak a real movie in the studio system under the guise of a comic book film, It wasn't 'We want to glorify this behavior' It was lit…" 2. Its director stated on the record that "movies tend to be a mirror, they hold up a reflection of what's going on in society, If I had to drill down on one overarching theme for me, it's about the pow…" 3. Its narrative-universality assessment registers 8 of 10 4. Taken together, the content-balance model places it entertainment-first at 18 of 100 5. 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 Asian 6.

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    Creator statementdirector: "The system's broken, and why not use a film to make a comment on that? The whole M.O. of the film was, let's make a comic book film where we run everything through as realistic a lens as possible."NPR, January 2020 source ↗
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    Creator statementdirector: "Look at this as a way to sneak a real movie in the studio system under the guise of a comic book film. It wasn't 'We want to glorify this behavior.' It was literally like 'Let's make a real movie wit…"TheWrap source ↗
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    Creator statementdirector: "Movies tend to be a mirror, they hold up a reflection of what's going on in society. If I had to drill down on one overarching theme for me, it's about the power of kindness and a lot of people miss…"TheWrap source ↗
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    Narrative universalityNarrative universality 8 of 10; identity centrality incidental.WhatSphere content assessment. Narrative universality 8/10 -> advocacy signal 22
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    Content balanceAdvocacy 18 of 100, tier entertainment-first.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1. Narrative universality 8/10 -> advocacy signal 22
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    RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: mixed-heritage 89, Asian 31.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1

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Primary audienceOlder MenOlder Men100
Young MaleYoung FemaleMature MaleMature Female
Primary audienceOlder Men
Targeted

Quadrant Scores

Young Men
46
Young Women
0
Older Men
100
Older Women
54
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Audience Representation

White
43
Black
46
Hispanic
44
Asian
31
South Asian
40
Middle Eastern
46
Indigenous
44
Mixed
89
Other
48
LGBTQ+
0

Faithfulness

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Advocacy

Advocacy18
Entertainment

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Synopsis

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.

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The average advocacy score of Crime titles by release year, with this title marked. Higher is more advocacy-driven.

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Average advocacy score of Crime titles by release year
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193702
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194602
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195033
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195632
195803
195934
196003
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196232
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196462
196514
196704
196802
196915
197128
197224
197317
197435
197515
197624
197842
198003
198364
198455
198627
198727
198823
1989110
199045
199154
199228
199327
1994410
1995410
199638
199739
1998210
1999712
2000313
2001010
200258
2003213
2004312
2005220
2006215
2007215
2008312
200937
201052
201135
2012153
2013128
2014155
2015126
2017119
20181310
201977
202038
2021119
2022117
2023115
2024118
2025714
2026116
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Cast & Crew

Michael Auszura (director) · Aimee Dombo Desmond (director)