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Scored mixed entertainment and message on WhatSphere's content-balance model 5

Its director stated on the record that "the movie in so many ways is an allegory about parenting in the 21st century with all these new devices and how that has just completely changed the landscape…" 1. Its director stated on the record that "it's always great when you can bring to light some of the anxieties you have in your own life in a movie, but do it in a way that's palatable and fun and not p…" 2. Its writer stated on the record that "can you write horror that speaks to Black trauma or has something to say, I could, but also, it's a revolutionary act to just have a horror movie with Black pe…" 3. Its narrative-universality assessment registers 8 of 10 4. Taken together, the content-balance model places it mixed entertainment and message at 21 of 100 5. Relative to the expected cast make-up for its production origin, on-screen representation registers above the baseline for White and below it for Black and Hispanic 6.

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    Creator statementdirector: "The movie in so many ways is an allegory about parenting in the 21st century with all these new devices and how that has just completely changed the landscape in terms of how we bring up our kids."Daily Dead source ↗
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    Creator statementdirector: "It's always great when you can bring to light some of the anxieties you have in your own life in a movie, but do it in a way that's palatable and fun and not preachy."Daily Dead source ↗
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    Creator statementwriter: "Can you write horror that speaks to Black trauma or has something to say? I could, but also, it's a revolutionary act to just have a horror movie with Black people where they don't die, and they just…"No Film School 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 21 of 100, tier mixed entertainment and message.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1. Narrative universality 8/10 -> advocacy signal 22
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    RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: White 69, Black 26, Hispanic 33.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1

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Primary audienceYoung WomenYoung Women63
Young MaleYoung FemaleMature MaleMature Female
Primary audienceYoung Women
Mainstream

Quadrant Scores

Young Men
59
Young Women
63
Older Men
37
Older Women
41
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Audience Representation

White
69
Black
26
Hispanic
33
Asian
56
South Asian
46
Middle Eastern
54
Indigenous
48
Mixed
54
Other
48
LGBTQ+
0

Faithfulness

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Advocacy

Advocacy21
Mixed

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Synopsis

A brilliant toy company roboticist uses artificial intelligence to develop M3GAN, a life-like doll programmed to emotionally bond with her newly orphaned niece. But when the doll's programming works too well, she becomes overprotective of her new friend with terrifying results.

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

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Average advocacy score of Horror titles by release year
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197062
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197732
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1979104
198043
198114
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198532
198703
198822
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199523
199632
199726
199802
199915
200015
200109
200218
200345
2004210
200529
200639
200717
200825
201053
201683
2017142
2018122
201963
2020263
20221210
202385
2024129
2025218
2026426
This title (2022)211

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Cast & Crew

Andrew McGeorge (director) · Lyn Moncrief (director)