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Scored entertainment-first on WhatSphere's content-balance model 3

Its showrunner stated on the record that "the biggest, sweetest, low-hanging fruit for a show about a boss and a workplace in America, that had sensitivity issues, was going to be race relations — I th…" 1. Its narrative-universality assessment registers 8 of 10 2. Taken together, the content-balance model places it entertainment-first at 17 of 100 3. 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 4.

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    Creator statementshowrunner: "The biggest, sweetest, low-hanging fruit for a show about a boss and a workplace in America, that had sensitivity issues, was going to be race relations — I thought that was bigger here than it was i…"Uproxx, An Oral History of 'Diversity Day,' A Defining Episode of 'The Office' 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 17 of 100, tier entertainment-first.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1. Narrative universality 8/10 -> advocacy signal 22
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    RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: White 90, Hispanic 33.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1

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Primary audienceYoung WomenYoung Women67
Young MaleYoung FemaleMature MaleMature Female
Primary audienceYoung Women
Mainstream

Quadrant Scores

Young Men
58
Young Women
67
Older Men
34
Older Women
42
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Audience Representation

White
90
Black
36
Hispanic
33
Asian
38
South Asian
52
Middle Eastern
48
Indigenous
48
Mixed
42
Other
48
LGBTQ+
27

Faithfulness

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Advocacy

Advocacy17
Entertainment

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Synopsis

The everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.

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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
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198119
1982510
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1987017
1988113
1989224
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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
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20222022
20232211
20241217
2025223
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