6.6
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Gentle Ben (1967)
Gentle Ben (1967)
Overview
Gentle Ben is an American family series that aired on CBS from September 10, 1967 to April 27, 1969. The series follows the adventures, in the Florida Everglades, of a game warden, Tom Wedloe, his wife Ellen, his son Mark and Ben the grizzly bear.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Viewer Rating
6.6
Overview
Gentle Ben is an American family series that aired on CBS from September 10, 1967 to April 27, 1969. The series follows the adventures, in the Florida Everglades, of a game warden, Tom Wedloe, his wife Ellen, his son Mark and Ben the grizzly bear.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central subject matter of a boy and a bear living in the Florida Everglades is inherently apolitical, focusing on universal themes of empathy, friendship, and human-animal relationships rather than explicitly promoting a specific political ideology.
The movie features primarily traditional casting, consistent with its production era, without intentional race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative maintains a neutral to positive portrayal of traditional identities, with no explicit critique or central DEI themes.
Secondary
The 1960s family adventure series 'Gentle Ben' centers on a young boy and his pet bear in the Florida Everglades. The show's narrative does not include any discernible LGBTQ+ characters or themes, resulting in no portrayal to evaluate.
The television series "Gentle Ben" (1967) does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on a young boy and his pet bear in the Florida Everglades, with no elements related to transgender identity present in its storyline or character depictions.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 1967 television series "Gentle Ben" is an adaptation of Walt Morey's novel. All primary characters, including Mark Wedloe, his parents Tom and Ellen, and the bear Ben, maintain their established genders from the source material in the show.
The 1967 TV show "Gentle Ben" is an adaptation of Walt Morey's 1965 novel. The primary human characters, the Wedloe family, were depicted as white in the source material and portrayed by white actors in the television series. No race swaps are identified.
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