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The Mick (2017)

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The Mick (2017)

Overview

Mackenzie "Mickey" Murphy is a hard-living, foul-mouthed, cigarette-smoking woman who moves to affluent Greenwich, CT to raise the spoiled kids of her wealthy sister who fled the country to avoid a federal indictment. She quickly learns what the rest of us already know - other people's children are awful.


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Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Trans: Positive
Christianity: Negative

Viewer Rating
6.4

Overview

Mackenzie "Mickey" Murphy is a hard-living, foul-mouthed, cigarette-smoking woman who moves to affluent Greenwich, CT to raise the spoiled kids of her wealthy sister who fled the country to avoid a federal indictment. She quickly learns what the rest of us already know - other people's children are awful.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Progressive

Primary

The Mick is a situational comedy centered on the chaotic dynamics of an unconventional family, where an irresponsible aunt takes in her privileged niece and nephews. The show's humor and narrative focus on the clash of their lifestyles and values, rather than promoting a specific political ideology or offering an ideological solution to their problems, leading to a neutral rating.

The series features a cast with visible diversity in supporting roles, though the primary family and lead character are traditionally cast. The narrative subtly critiques aspects of wealth and privilege through its comedic lens, but it does not explicitly frame traditional identities negatively or center its themes around explicit DEI concerns.

Secondary

The Mick positively portrays Sabrina, a main character who identifies as bisexual. Her identity is normalized and explored through various relationships without being a source of ridicule or negative stereotypes. The show integrates her bisexuality naturally within its comedic narrative, treating it with dignity and acceptance.

The Mick features a transgender character, Ben, whose coming out is handled with an ultimately affirming tone. While some characters initially struggle with understanding, the narrative arc leads to acceptance and support, validating Ben's identity. The show's comedic elements derive from the characters' reactions rather than denigrating the transgender identity itself.

The show, known for its cynical and irreverent humor, often satirizes conventional morality and the perceived hypocrisy of the wealthy elite. When characters nominally associated with Christianity are portrayed as judgmental, self-righteous, or hypocritical without significant counterbalancing nuance, the narrative implicitly critiques these behaviors, reinforcing a negative stereotype of religious adherence.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

The Mick is an original sitcom that introduced new characters for its 2017 run. There are no pre-existing source materials or legacy characters from prior adaptations or history whose genders could have been altered.

The Mick is an original sitcom that premiered in 2017. All characters were created specifically for this series, meaning there are no pre-existing canonical or historical racial baselines from which a character's race could have been swapped.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

6.4

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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7.8
The Movie Database logo
7.1

Critic Ratings

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5.8
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5.0

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