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Whatever, Linda

2015 · 1 season

A quick, scrappy period comedy-drama about a broke woman hustling her way into high finance.

Genres
Drama
Overview
It's 1978 and Linda Thoroughbred is broke. And divorced. And almost 30. But if life still brings her some misery, she deserves ... Millions. Watch a woman take on Wall Street, level the playing field.

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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • ambition
    • class
    • gender
    Places
    • big city
    • workplace
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • serialised
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror0
    Humour5
    Realism6
    Romance3
    Tension3
    Darkness3
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight3

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    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Starring
    Hannah Cheesman, Terra Hazelton, Cara Ricketts, Martha MacIsaac, Brendan Gall, Julian Richings, Sheila McCarthy, Mike Shara
    Length
    1 seasons, 10 episodes, 6 min each
    Network
    YouTube, Vimeo
    Country
    Canada
    Languages
    English

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