HuluThe Mick (2017)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
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
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Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Christianity: Negative
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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Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The show primarily functions as a character-driven comedy that satirizes both the excesses of wealth and the consequences of irresponsibility, without explicitly endorsing or critiquing a specific political ideology. Its core conflict and solution are centered on chaotic family dynamics and individual (often minimal) growth, rather than political messaging.
The movie features a cast with some visible diversity, particularly in supporting roles, but does not include explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white main characters. Its narrative focuses on comedic situations and character dynamics, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities in a DEI context.
Secondary
The Mick features Sabrina Pemberton, a main character whose bisexuality is consistently portrayed as a normal and integrated aspect of her identity. Her relationships with both men and women are depicted without being a source of mockery or negative stereotypes, contributing to a normalizing and respectful portrayal within the show's comedic framework.
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
7.8
7.1
Critic Ratings
5.8
5.0
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