Audience evidenceThe verdict — who this is for, by the receipts

Made first for young men 1

The Sound of Music's audience scores lean most toward young men at 73 of 100 1. Its overall reach is rated targeted — targeted reach aimed at a specific demographic segment 2. 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 3. On content balance it reads entertainment-first at 6 of 100, weighting storytelling over explicit messaging 4.

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    Audience scoreyoung men 73 of 100 is the top quadrant.WhatSphere audience model, score_version 1
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    ReachAudience breadth rated targeted.WhatSphere audience model, score_version 1
  3. 3
    RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: White 96, Black 26, Hispanic 28.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1
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    Content balanceContent balance entertainment-first at 6 of 100.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1

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Primary audienceYoung MenYoung Men73
Young MaleYoung FemaleMature MaleMature Female
Primary audienceYoung Men
Targeted

Quadrant Scores

Young Men
73
Young Women
60
Older Men
40
Older Women
27
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Audience Representation

White
96
Black
26
Hispanic
28
Asian
38
South Asian
46
Middle Eastern
48
Indigenous
48
Mixed
42
Other
48
LGBTQ+
0

Faithfulness

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Advocacy

Advocacy6
Entertainment

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Synopsis

In the years before World War II, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children and brings a new love of life and music into the home.

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

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1965211
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197108
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1974215
1975313
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197728
197805
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1984114
1985311
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1987219
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2006282
2007268
2008249
2009228
2010722
2011424
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2013724
20141022
20151219
20161023
20171331
2018935
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2026427
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Cast & Crew

Ridgeway Callow (director) · Ted D. McCord (director)