Scored entertainment-first on WhatSphere's content-balance model 4
Its showrunner stated on the record that "for me, it's always about empathy, and it's always about challenging the audience, on some level, to care about people who aren't like them, Also, maybe over t…" 1. Its showrunner stated on the record that "i always feel like the structure of a story should reflect the content of the story, If the story, as in this case, is about a guy who is either schizophrenic…" 2. Its showrunner stated on the record that "i approached Legion in the way that I approached Fargo, which is with great respect to the underlying material and also a desire to tell my own story" 3. Taken together, the content-balance model places it entertainment-first at 15 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 statementshowrunner: "For me, it's always about empathy, and it's always about challenging the audience, on some level, to care about people who aren't like them. Also, maybe over the course of this story, you'll realize…"Collider, Noah Hawley on Legion Season 3 and Lucy in the Sky source ↗
- 2Creator statementshowrunner: "I always feel like the structure of a story should reflect the content of the story. If the story, as in this case, is about a guy who is either schizophrenic or he has these abilities, i.e., he does…"Noah Hawley interview on Legion, vocal.media source ↗
- 3Creator statementshowrunner: "I approached Legion in the way that I approached Fargo, which is with great respect to the underlying material and also a desire to tell my own story."Nerdist, Noah Hawley Talks Bringing Legion to a Dreamlike Close source ↗
- 4Content balanceAdvocacy 15 of 100, tier entertainment-first.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1
- 5RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: mixed-heritage 94, White 11, Hispanic 28.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1
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Synopsis
David Haller, AKA Legion, is a troubled young man who may be more than human. Diagnosed as schizophrenic, David has been in and out of psychiatric hospitals for years. But after a strange encounter with a fellow patient, he’s confronted with the possibility that the voices he hears and the visions he sees might be real.
Age: 47 — age-balanced
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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 (2017) | 15 | 1 |
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