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

Its showrunner stated on the record that "have a genuine curiosity about what would it mean to have an Indian-American in this part, in this character, that's going to change how you write the characte…" 1. Its showrunner stated on the record that "there are obviously people on all different points on the spectrum of gender and sexuality that make up this world, and I just try and portray that reality, as…" 2. Its showrunner stated on the record that "the head of the dangerous hacker group the Dark Army was always going to be a woman, We want to subvert those expectations, One of the things, especially in te…" 3. Its narrative-universality assessment registers 8 of 10 4. Taken together, the content-balance model places it mixed entertainment and message at 26 of 100 5. Relative to the expected cast make-up for its production origin, on-screen representation registers above the baseline for Middle Eastern and below it for Hispanic 6.

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    Creator statementshowrunner: "Have a genuine curiosity about what would it mean to have an Indian-American in this part, in this character, that's going to change how you write the character. And if you have that genuine curiosit…"BuzzFeed, 2015 source ↗
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    Creator statementshowrunner: "There are obviously people on all different points on the spectrum of gender and sexuality that make up this world, and I just try and portray that reality, as sort of — I don't want to say the word…"Slate, June 2015 source ↗
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    Creator statementshowrunner: "The head of the dangerous hacker group the Dark Army was always going to be a woman. We want to subvert those expectations. One of the things, especially in technology, that we play with is that it t…"BuzzFeed, 2015 source ↗
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    Narrative universalityNarrative universality 8 of 10; identity centrality present.WhatSphere content assessment. Narrative universality 8/10 -> advocacy signal 22
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    Content balanceAdvocacy 26 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: Middle Eastern 81, Hispanic 28.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
26
Young Women
0
Older Men
100
Older Women
74
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Audience Representation

White
49
Black
36
Hispanic
28
Asian
44
South Asian
64
Middle Eastern
81
Indigenous
48
Mixed
48
Other
48
LGBTQ+
27

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Advocacy

Advocacy26
Mixed

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Synopsis

A young programmer, Elliot, suffers from a debilitating anti-social disorder and decides that he can only connect to people by hacking them. He wields his skills as a weapon to protect the people that he cares about. Elliot finds himself in the intersection between a cybersecurity firm he works for and the underworld organizations that are recruiting him to bring down corporate America.

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2013128
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