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Scored mixed entertainment and message on WhatSphere's content-balance model 4

Its showrunner stated on the record that "in the casting of the main characters, I was like, there's gonna be one person from North America, one person from South Asia, one person from East Asia, one p…" 1. Its showrunner stated on the record that "the ultimate position that The Good Place took is that if we can become better, we will become better through our necessary relationships with other people, Th…" 2. Its narrative-universality assessment registers 8 of 10 3. Taken together, the content-balance model places it mixed entertainment and message at 23 of 100 4.

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    Creator statementshowrunner: "In the casting of the main characters, I was like, there's gonna be one person from North America, one person from South Asia, one person from East Asia, one person from Africa. We broke down very ro…"The Harvard Crimson, September 2019 source ↗
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    Creator statementshowrunner: "The ultimate position that The Good Place took is that if we can become better, we will become better through our necessary relationships with other people. There are ethical components to almost eve…"Peabody Awards interview, 2020 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 23 of 100, tier mixed entertainment and message.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1. Swaps: 0 race, 0 gender, 0 critical -> 0

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Primary audienceYoung WomenYoung Women84
Young MaleYoung FemaleMature MaleMature Female
Primary audienceYoung Women
Targeted

Quadrant Scores

Young Men
40
Young Women
84
Older Men
16
Older Women
60
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Audience Representation

Racial audience withheld

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LGBTQ+
44

Faithfulness

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Advocacy

Advocacy23
Mixed

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Synopsis

Eleanor Shellstrop, an ordinary woman who enters the afterlife where she comes to realize that she hasn't been a very good person. With the help of her afterlife mentor, she's determined to discover the awesome person within.

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Advocacy Over Time in Comedy

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

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Average advocacy score of Comedy titles by release year
YearAverage advocacyTitles
191402
192503
193122
193302
193504
193702
194024
194102
194302
194426
194504
194702
194822
195024
195102
195204
1953010
195552
195633
195754
195806
195943
196025
1961510
196216
196316
196438
196519
196616
196807
196965
197037
197105
197216
197319
197418
197509
1976112
197747
197824
197918
198017
198119
1982510
1983112
1984210
1985314
1986020
1987017
1988113
1989224
1990121
1991114
1992017
1993120
1994525
1995319
1996415
1997222
1998324
1999336
2000333
2001131
2002132
2003229
2004240
2005441
2006244
2007153
2008020
2009418
2010210
2011221
2012110
20131013
2014511
201547
20161710
201767
20181012
2019716
2020619
2021919
20222022
20232211
20241217
2025223
2026236
This title (2016)231

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