Ballers
TV Series2015Ended

Ballers

Taste attributes: comedydramasportsfastlightsimplelinearenclosedemotive & stirringall consuming questcomplex relationshipgame/competition

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Boxlist takeEmotional and straightforward: a comedy-drama series that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like plain sailing over puzzles.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: simple · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

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What lines up

  • Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
  • Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
  • Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

  • Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
  • Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy

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Synopsis

Looking at the lives of former and current football players, the show follows former superstar Spencer Strasmore as he gets his life on track in retirement while mentoring other current and former players through the daily grind of the business of football.

Synopsis: TMDB

Taste Attributes

all consuming questcomplex relationshipgame/competition

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Cast

Dwayne JohnsonRob CorddryJohn David WashingtonOmar Benson MillerTroy Garity

Details

Genre
Comedy
Year
2015
Runtime
30 min
Status
Ended
Studio
Leverage
Taste scores
How we score

Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.

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