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Doom Patrol (2019)

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Doom Patrol (2019)

Overview

The Doom Patrol’s members each suffered horrible accidents that gave them superhuman abilities — but also left them scarred and disfigured. Traumatized and downtrodden, the team found purpose through The Chief, who brought them together to investigate the weirdest phenomena in existence — and to protect Earth from what they find.


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Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive

Political: Leans Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
Trans: Positive

Viewer Rating
8.1

Overview

The Doom Patrol’s members each suffered horrible accidents that gave them superhuman abilities — but also left them scarred and disfigured. Traumatized and downtrodden, the team found purpose through The Chief, who brought them together to investigate the weirdest phenomena in existence — and to protect Earth from what they find.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

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Apple TV logoApple TV
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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Progressive

Primary

Doom Patrol leans left due to its consistent championing of self-acceptance, found family, and empathy for marginalized and non-normative identities, alongside its critique of manipulative authority figures.

The series features visible diversity within its ensemble cast, including characters whose identities are explored in depth. The narrative critically examines a central traditional authority figure and consistently focuses on the experiences and struggles of marginalized characters, emphasizing themes of trauma and identity.

Secondary

Doom Patrol features prominent LGBTQ+ characters like Larry Trainor, whose journey from closeted struggles to self-acceptance is depicted with depth and dignity. Danny the Street/World, a genderqueer entity, serves as a powerful symbol of affirmation and a safe haven for diverse identities. The show consistently portrays LGBTQ+ lives with complexity and respect, framing their challenges as external societal issues rather than inherent flaws.

Doom Patrol positively portrays Danny the Street, a sentient, gender-fluid, non-binary character. Danny is depicted with dignity and agency, providing a safe haven for outcasts and fostering an affirming community. The show consistently maintains an empathetic and respectful stance towards gender-expansive identities, framing challenges as external prejudice rather than internal struggles.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The show faithfully adapts the gender of its core characters from the DC Comics source material. No established male or female character is portrayed as a different gender in the series.

All primary characters, including Robotman, Negative Man, Elasti-Woman, Cyborg, and The Chief, are portrayed by actors whose race aligns with their established comic book counterparts. There are no instances where a character canonically established as one race is portrayed as a different race.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

8.1

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.7
The Movie Database logo
7.5

Critic Ratings

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9.8
Metacritic logo
7.2

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