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My 600-lb Life (2012)

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.5
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Overview

Telling powerful stories in hourlong episodes, TLC follows medical journeys of morbidly obese people as they attempt to save their own lives. The featured individuals - each weighing more than 600 pounds confront lifelong emotional and physical struggles as they make the courageous decision to undergo high-risk gastric bypass surgery. In addition to drastically changing their appearances, they hope to reclaim their independence, mend relationships with friends and family, and renew their feelings of self-worth.


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Bias Dimensions

Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Neutral

Overview

Telling powerful stories in hourlong episodes, TLC follows medical journeys of morbidly obese people as they attempt to save their own lives. The featured individuals - each weighing more than 600 pounds confront lifelong emotional and physical struggles as they make the courageous decision to undergo high-risk gastric bypass surgery. In addition to drastically changing their appearances, they hope to reclaim their independence, mend relationships with friends and family, and renew their feelings of self-worth.


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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Traditional

Primary

The show's narrative consistently champions individual responsibility and discipline as the primary solution to morbid obesity, aligning its core message with themes often associated with conservative values regarding personal agency and self-reliance.

The series features a visibly diverse cast, reflecting the broad demographic affected by severe obesity, without intentionally recasting traditional roles. Its narrative primarily focuses on individual health journeys and personal challenges, maintaining a neutral or positive framing of various identities without explicit critique or central DEI themes.

Secondary

My 600-lb Life occasionally features LGBTQ+ individuals as participants, with their identities and relationships presented incidentally. The show's primary focus remains on their weight loss journey and health struggles, treating LGBTQ+ relationships and identities with the same neutrality as heterosexual ones, neither uplifting nor denigrating them.

My 600-lb Life is a reality television series focused on individuals struggling with extreme obesity and their journey to lose weight. The show does not feature identifiable transsexual characters or themes, as its narrative is exclusively centered on health, weight loss, and related personal struggles.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

My 600-lb Life is a reality television series documenting the lives of real individuals. It does not feature fictional characters or adaptations of historical figures, thus the concept of a 'gender swap' as defined does not apply.

My 600-lb Life is a reality television series featuring real individuals, not fictional characters from source material. The concept of a 'race swap' does not apply as there are no pre-established characters whose race could be altered.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

6.5

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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6.7
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6.3

Critic Ratings

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N/A
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