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

Its showrunner stated on the record that "hill House is kind of a string quartet, and Bly Manor is this delicate, kind of beautiful piece of classical piano music, and The Fall of the House of Usher is…" 1. Its showrunner stated on the record that "it's the closest I will get to Giallo, It's wild, It is colorful and dark and blood-soaked and wicked and funny, and aggressive and scary and hilarious" 2. Its showrunner stated on the record that "i think The Fall of the House of Usher was the first time that I felt like I got overtly political in my storytelling" 3. Its narrative-universality assessment registers 8 of 10 4. Taken together, the content-balance model places it mixed entertainment and message at 24 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 Hispanic 6.

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    Creator statementshowrunner: "Hill House is kind of a string quartet, and Bly Manor is this delicate, kind of beautiful piece of classical piano music, and The Fall of the House of Usher is heavy metal. It's rock and roll."The Wrap via Collider source ↗
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    Creator statementshowrunner: "It's the closest I will get to Giallo. It's wild. It is colorful and dark and blood-soaked and wicked and funny, and aggressive and scary and hilarious."The Wrap via Collider source ↗
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    Creator statementshowrunner: "I think The Fall of the House of Usher was the first time that I felt like I got overtly political in my storytelling."MovieWeb 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 24 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 85, Hispanic 33.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1

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Primary audienceOlder WomenOlder Women87
Young MaleYoung FemaleMature MaleMature Female
Primary audienceOlder Women
Targeted

Quadrant Scores

Young Men
13
Young Women
19
Older Men
81
Older Women
87
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Audience Representation

White
85
Black
36
Hispanic
33
Asian
38
South Asian
58
Middle Eastern
48
Indigenous
48
Mixed
48
Other
48
LGBTQ+
18

Faithfulness

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Advocacy

Advocacy24
Mixed

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Synopsis

Ruthless siblings Roderick and Madeline Usher have built Fortunato Pharmaceuticals into an empire of wealth, privilege and power. But past secrets come to light when the heirs to the Usher dynasty start dying at the hands of a mysterious woman from their youth.

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