8.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Walking Dead (2010)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.0
Overview
Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Race Swap: Yes
Christianity: Positive
Overview
Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The series maintains a neutral stance by exploring the complexities of human nature and societal organization in a post-apocalyptic world, critiquing both extreme authoritarianism and pure anarchy, and championing pragmatic solutions focused on community, survival, and adaptable leadership rather than a specific political ideology.
The series showcases a visibly diverse cast across its ensemble, incorporating a wide range of characters without explicitly altering the race or gender of traditionally white roles from its source material. Its narrative primarily focuses on universal themes of survival and human nature in a post-apocalyptic setting, maintaining a neutral or positive portrayal of traditional identities rather than offering explicit critique.
Secondary
The Walking Dead consistently portrays LGBTQ+ characters with dignity, complexity, and agency. Relationships are normalized and treated with respect, their love and losses depicted as integral to the human experience in the apocalypse, free from prejudice or harmful stereotypes. The show affirms the worth of queer lives and love.
The television series adapted characters from the comic books, notably Connie and Kelly, who were depicted as Asian-American and White respectively in the source material. In the show, these characters are portrayed by Black actresses, constituting clear race swaps.
The show often portrays Christianity as a source of hope, moral guidance, and community in a brutal world. While characters' faith is tested and some individuals exhibit hypocrisy, the narrative ultimately affirms the positive aspects of faith, showing it as a vital coping mechanism and a foundation for rebuilding society.
The Walking Dead does not feature any explicitly identified transsexual characters or themes throughout its run. Consequently, there is no portrayal to evaluate regarding positive, negative, or neutral impact on transsexual representation.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The TV series adapts the comic books, introducing new characters and altering plotlines, but no established comic character's gender was changed for the screen adaptation. All characters originating from the source material maintain their canonical gender.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
8.1
8.1
Critic Ratings
7.9
N/A
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