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The League (2009)

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The League (2009)

Overview

The League is an American sitcom and semi-improvised comedy about a about a fantasy football league and its members and their everyday lives.


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Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center

Political: Strong Left
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Negative
Trans: Negative
Judaism: Negative

Viewer Rating
7.4

Overview

The League is an American sitcom and semi-improvised comedy about a about a fantasy football league and its members and their everyday lives.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

Hulu logoHulu
Apple TV logoApple TV
Google Play logoGoogle Play
Powered byJustWatch

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Center

Primary

The film's central thesis explicitly promotes a progressive ideology by chronicling the systemic racial discrimination faced by Black baseball players and celebrating the collective and individual efforts to dismantle segregation and achieve civil rights.

The movie features a predominantly white main cast without intentional race or gender swaps for established roles. Its narrative centers on comedic situations among friends, without critiquing traditional identities or making DEI themes central to the story.

Secondary

The League includes LGBTQ+ characters and themes, primarily through Ruxin's gay brother, Geoffrey. However, the show frequently uses these elements for problematic humor, relying on stereotypes, the discomfort of straight characters, and employing 'gay' as a pejorative. The narrative often presents these views for laughs without significant critique, resulting in a net negative portrayal.

The League includes transsexual characters, notably in an episode where a character's trans identity is used as a source of problematic humor. The portrayal relies on the main cast's discomfort and mockery, reinforcing negative stereotypes without offering counterbalancing positive elements or critique.

The show frequently uses Jewish characters and cultural practices as a source of comedic conflict. While the humor is often directed at character flaws, the portrayal can reinforce comedic stereotypes of Jewish families and traditions without significant counterbalancing nuance.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The League is an original comedy series with characters created specifically for the show. There are no pre-existing source materials, historical figures, or prior adaptations from which characters' genders could have been swapped.

The League is an original comedy series that premiered in 2009. It does not adapt pre-existing source material or depict historical figures, meaning no characters had an established race prior to the show's creation.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.4

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
8.2
The Movie Database logo
7.3

Critic Ratings

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8.1
Metacritic logo
5.8

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