8.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Golden Girls (1985)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.0
Overview
Four Southern Florida seniors share a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake. Bright, promiscuous, clueless and hilarious, these lovely, mismatched ladies form the perfect circle of friends.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Positive
Christianity: Positive
Judaism: Positive
Overview
Four Southern Florida seniors share a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake. Bright, promiscuous, clueless and hilarious, these lovely, mismatched ladies form the perfect circle of friends.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The series consistently addressed social issues like ageism, sexism, and LGBTQ+ rights from a progressive viewpoint for its era, championing empathy, acceptance, and the strength of chosen family against societal prejudices.
The Golden Girls features a traditional cast predominantly composed of white characters, consistent with its original production era. The narrative, while exploring various social themes, maintains a neutral to positive framing of traditional identities and does not center on explicit critiques of these identities.
Secondary
The Golden Girls consistently offered a remarkably progressive and affirming portrayal of LGBTQ+ characters and themes for its era. It depicted gay and lesbian individuals with dignity and complexity, actively challenging prejudice and promoting acceptance through its main characters' empathetic responses and storylines.
The show consistently portrays Christianity as a source of comfort, community, and moral framework for the main characters, particularly through their Catholic and Protestant backgrounds. While individual characters may exhibit human flaws, the narrative itself respects and affirms the role of faith in their lives.
Judaism is depicted respectfully through guest characters and storylines that explore interfaith relationships and cultural differences. The narrative consistently promotes understanding and appreciation for Jewish traditions and beliefs.
The Golden Girls, a sitcom from the 1980s, does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or explicit transsexual themes within its narrative. While the show was progressive in its portrayal of other LGBTQ+ issues for its time, transsexual identity was not directly addressed.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The Golden Girls is an original sitcom with characters created specifically for the show. There is no prior source material, historical figures, or previous installments from which characters' genders could have been swapped.
The Golden Girls is an original television series that introduced its main characters in 1985. There was no prior source material or established canon for these characters to be race-swapped from within the show's original run.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
8.2
7.6
Critic Ratings
N/A
8.2
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