Prime VideoThe Peripheral (2022)
Bias Rating
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Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.2
Overview
Stuck in a small Appalachian town, a young woman’s only escape from the daily grind is playing advanced video games. She is such a good player that a company sends her a new video game system to test…but it has a surprise in store. It unlocks all of her dreams of finding a purpose, romance, and glamour in what seems like a game…but it also puts her and her family in real danger.
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Political: Leans Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
Overview
Stuck in a small Appalachian town, a young woman’s only escape from the daily grind is playing advanced video games. She is such a good player that a company sends her a new video game system to test…but it has a surprise in store. It unlocks all of her dreams of finding a purpose, romance, and glamour in what seems like a game…but it also puts her and her family in real danger.
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Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The series leans left by establishing its core conflict around the destructive consequences of unchecked corporate power, environmental collapse, and extreme class disparity, which are depicted as the primary drivers of the dystopian future.
The series demonstrates significant DEI through explicit racial recasting of a traditionally white role and the casting of a trans actress in a prominent role. The narrative, while exploring themes of power and corruption, does not explicitly critique traditional identities but rather focuses on systemic issues within its dystopian setting.
Secondary
The Peripheral features LGBTQ+ characters, notably Aelita West, whose bisexuality is presented with dignity and complexity, integrated naturally into her character arc without being a source of conflict or stereotype. Her past relationship with another woman, Dr. Cherise Nuland, is also depicted factually. The show normalizes queer identity, portraying it as a regular aspect of its futuristic world without endorsing ridicule or degradation.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Based on William Gibson's novel, the show maintains the established genders of its primary characters from the source material, with no significant characters undergoing a gender change.
The show is an adaptation of William Gibson's novel. For characters whose on-screen portrayal differs from common assumptions, their race was not explicitly specified or visually depicted in the source material, thus not meeting the definition of a race swap.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
7.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
7.5
7.7
Critic Ratings
7.9
5.7
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