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The Witcher (2019)

Bias Rating
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Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.6
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Overview

Geralt of Rivia, a mutated monster-hunter for hire, journeys toward his destiny in a turbulent world where people often prove more wicked than beasts.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

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Bias Dimensions

Political: Center
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
Female Combat: Yes
Race Swap: Yes

Overview

Geralt of Rivia, a mutated monster-hunter for hire, journeys toward his destiny in a turbulent world where people often prove more wicked than beasts.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

Netflix logoNetflix
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Detailed Bias Analysis

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Primary

The series maintains a neutral stance by consistently portraying moral ambiguity across all factions and critiquing various forms of prejudice and power abuse without championing a specific ideological solution, instead focusing on individual moral choices within a chaotic world.

The series demonstrates significant diversity through its casting choices, explicitly recasting several major roles traditionally perceived as white with minority actors. While the narrative explores themes of prejudice and power, it does not explicitly frame traditional identities negatively or center its plot around a strong DEI critique.

Secondary

The Witcher portrays LGBTQ+ characters and themes, notably Jaskier's fluid sexuality and his relationship with the non-binary character Vespula, and Ciri's developing same-sex attraction. These depictions are integrated respectfully into the narrative, presenting queer identities and relationships as normal aspects of the characters' lives without negative framing.

The show features Ciri, who, despite having latent magical abilities, demonstrates proficiency in physical combat. She is shown to be victorious in melee weapon fights against multiple male opponents, relying on her trained sword skills and agility.

The show features several characters, including Yennefer and Fringilla Vigo, who were canonically depicted or widely understood as white in the source novels and games, but are portrayed by actors of different races in the adaptation.

The Witcher (show) does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes within its narrative. Therefore, there is no portrayal to evaluate against the provided rubric.

The Witcher series adapts characters from the original book saga. While some character portrayals and plotlines diverge from the source material, no significant or named character who was canonically established as one gender has been portrayed as a different gender in the show.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.6

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.9
The Movie Database logo
8.0

Critic Ratings

Rotten Tomatoes logo
8.0
Metacritic logo
6.4

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