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Middletown

1982 · 1 season

A patient, observational portrait of ordinary American life that rewards close attention with quiet sociological detail.

Created by
Jeff Kreines, Tom Cohen
Genres
Documentary
Overview
Six-part documentary on the city of Muncie, Indiana - nicknamed "Middletown" after a study in the 1920s deemed it representative of middle America. The series finds that amid the great ...

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Created by
Jeff Kreines, Tom Cohen
Genres
Documentary
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • class
    • work
    • family
    • faith
    • politics
    Places
    • small town
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    • serialised
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism10
    Romance1
    Tension2
    Darkness3
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Created by
    Jeff Kreines, Tom Cohen, E.J. Vaughn, John Lindley
    Length
    1 seasons, 6 episodes, 65 min each
    Network
    PBS
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    English

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