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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.

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    Creator 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 ↗
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    Creator 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 ↗
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    Creator 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 ↗
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    Content balanceAdvocacy 15 of 100, tier entertainment-first.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1
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    RepresentationRepresentation 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.

Young MaleYoung FemaleMature MaleMature Female
Primary audienceYoung Men
Mainstream

Quadrant Scores

Young Men
67
Young Women
40
Older Men
60
Older Women
34
Advocacy15
Entertainment

Audience Representation

White
11
Black
31
Hispanic
28
Asian
38
South Asian
46
Middle Eastern
54
Indigenous
54
Mixed
94
Other
48
LGBTQ+
13

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