TV series

El Deafo

2022 · 1 season

A gentle, funny, and heartfelt look at childhood difference, told with warmth and a touch of superhero whimsy.

Tagline: Find your inner hero.
Overview: Going to school and making new friends can be tough. Having to do both while wearing a bulky hearing aid on your chest? That takes superpowers! With a little help from her superhero alter ego, El Deafo, Cece learns to embrace her differences.
How it feels: Warm, earnest, melancholic and whimsical. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Identity, friendship, coming-of-age, isolation
Content: No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
friendship
coming-of-age
isolation
family
Places: school
home
suburbs
Era: period
Audience: family
Form: animated
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Genres: animation, kids
Created by: Gilly Fogg
Written by: Will McRobb
Starring: Cece Bell, Lexi Finigan, Abigail Catalano, Pamela Adlon, Clancy Brown, Jane Lynch
Music: Katie Crutchfield
Length: 1 seasons, 3 episodes
Network: Apple TV
Country: Ireland, United States of America
Languages: English