5.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Blind Ambition (1979)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 5.8
Overview
The Watergate crisis as viewed by John Dean and his wife Maureen, based on their personal accounts -- his best-seller, her book on how it affected their marriage -- and distilled into an eight-hour drama with all of the political figures of the day parading by as Dean relates his story to his attorney when his world, based on blind ambition, begins crashing down on him.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Overview
The Watergate crisis as viewed by John Dean and his wife Maureen, based on their personal accounts -- his best-seller, her book on how it affected their marriage -- and distilled into an eight-hour drama with all of the political figures of the day parading by as Dean relates his story to his attorney when his world, based on blind ambition, begins crashing down on him.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
This historical dramatization of the Watergate scandal focuses on the events and the moral journey of John Dean, presenting a nuanced view of government corruption and the importance of individual integrity and institutional checks and balances without explicitly promoting a specific left or right ideological agenda.
This historical drama about the Watergate scandal features traditional casting, accurately reflecting the real-life individuals involved. The narrative focuses on political events and personal struggles without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or making DEI themes central to its plot.
Secondary
Blind Ambition is a historical drama miniseries chronicling the Watergate scandal through the perspective of John Dean. The narrative is entirely focused on political events and figures of the era, and it does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The miniseries "Blind Ambition" dramatizes the Watergate scandal, featuring real historical figures. All major characters, including John Dean, Richard Nixon, and others, are portrayed on screen with the same gender as their historical counterparts.
The 1979 miniseries "Blind Ambition" is a historical drama based on the Watergate scandal. All major historical figures depicted, such as John Dean and Richard Nixon, were white, and they were portrayed by white actors in the production. There are no instances of characters established as one race being portrayed as a different race.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.7
5.0
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