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Scored entertainment-first on WhatSphere's content-balance model 4

Its director stated on the record that "it was the challenge of blending the emotional experience of playing a game with the emotional experience of watching a movie, That sort of core approach infor…" 1. Its director stated on the record that "every project we come to, we make new choices depending on who the audience is and what we're going for, We wanted to make something more cinematic and more em…" 2. Its narrative-universality assessment registers 8 of 10 3. Taken together, the content-balance model places it entertainment-first at 10 of 100 4. Relative to the expected cast make-up for its production origin, on-screen representation registers above the baseline for White and below it for Asian 5.

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    Creator statementdirector: "It was the challenge of blending the emotional experience of playing a game with the emotional experience of watching a movie. That sort of core approach informed us all throughout."Yahoo Entertainment / GoldDerby, 2023 source ↗
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    Creator statementdirector: "Every project we come to, we make new choices depending on who the audience is and what we're going for. We wanted to make something more cinematic and more emotional, a faithful adaptation of the ga…"CBR / DiscussingFilm interview, April 2023 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 10 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 100, Asian 0.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1

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Primary audienceYoung MenYoung Men100
Young MaleYoung FemaleMature MaleMature Female
Primary audienceYoung Men
Targeted

Quadrant Scores

Young Men
100
Young Women
73
Older Men
27
Older Women
0
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Audience Representation

White
100
Black
58
Hispanic
54
Asian
0
South Asian
48
Middle Eastern
48
Indigenous
50
Mixed
54
Other
48
LGBTQ+
0

Faithfulness

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Advocacy

Advocacy10
Entertainment

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Synopsis

While working underground to fix a water main, Brooklyn plumbers—and brothers—Mario and Luigi are transported down a mysterious pipe and wander into a magical new world. But when the brothers are separated, Mario embarks on an epic quest to find Luigi.

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Cast & Crew

Etienne Pêcheux (director) · Stephane Hoarau (director)