Prime VideoLeave It to Beaver (1957)
Bias Rating
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Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.3
Overview
Leave It to Beaver is an American television situation comedy about an inquisitive and often naïve boy named Theodore "The Beaver" Cleaver and his adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood. The show also starred Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont as Beaver's parents, June and Ward Cleaver, and Tony Dow as Beaver's brother Wally. The show has attained an iconic status in the US, with the Cleavers exemplifying the idealized suburban family of the mid-20th century.
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PhiloBias Dimensions
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Positive
Overview
Leave It to Beaver is an American television situation comedy about an inquisitive and often naïve boy named Theodore "The Beaver" Cleaver and his adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood. The show also starred Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont as Beaver's parents, June and Ward Cleaver, and Tony Dow as Beaver's brother Wally. The show has attained an iconic status in the US, with the Cleavers exemplifying the idealized suburban family of the mid-20th century.
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Analyzing...
Traditional
Primary
The series consistently champions traditional family values, individual responsibility, and respect for authority as solutions to life's dilemmas, aligning its dominant themes with conservative principles.
The movie features traditional casting with an almost entirely white ensemble, reflecting the norms of its production era. Its narrative consistently presents traditional family values and identities in a positive and uncritical manner, without incorporating any DEI themes.
Secondary
The series consistently portrays Christianity, its values, and its adherents in a positive light. The Cleaver family's moral compass is often guided by Christian principles, and church attendance is depicted as a normal and beneficial aspect of community life, reinforcing virtues like honesty and kindness.
Leave It to Beaver, a sitcom from the late 1950s and early 1960s, depicted an idealized American suburban family. The series did not include any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or explore related themes, consistent with the social norms and television content of its era.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
As an original television series, "Leave It to Beaver" introduced all its characters for the first time. There is no prior source material, historical record, or earlier adaptation for its characters to establish a different canonical gender. Therefore, no gender swaps occurred.
As the original production of its characters, "Leave It to Beaver" (1957–1963) established the race of its cast without prior source material or installments to deviate from. Therefore, no race swaps occurred.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
7.3
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
7.6
6.9
Critic Ratings
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