Sidelined: The QB and Me
AI Woke Score
No detectable agenda — story first.
confidence: medium
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The Verdict
A breezy teen sports-and-dance romance that sticks to its genre lane. There's no meaningful identity messaging, preaching, or source betrayal here — just a strong-willed heroine and a grieving jock falling for each other. The diverse contemporary cast fits the setting naturally. Essentially clean across the board.
What the AI Flagged
Each axis scored 0–100, with the receipts. The headline score weights the worst offense, so a single egregious element isn't diluted by the rest.
Identity Swaps
0Original YA romance with no established characters to swap.
Girlboss & Male Demotion
10A headstrong female lead, but no message diminishing or mocking men; the male lead is a fully developed romantic partner.
- Dallas is driven about her dance dreams
- Drayton is sympathetic and given his own grief arc
LGBTQ+ / Trans / Non-Binary Content
5A straightforward heterosexual teen romance with no notable LGBTQ+ content.
DEI Casting
15A diverse cast in a contemporary high school setting, which fits naturally and isn't presented as a quota.
Preachiness
5Focused on romance, dreams, and grief; no activist lecturing.
Anti-Masculinity / Anti-West
5The football-star male lead is portrayed sympathetically with no anti-masculinity framing.
- Drayton's vulnerability and grief are humanizing rather than mocked
Source Betrayal
0Based on a Wattpad/Webtoon-style story adapted faithfully as a teen romance; no identity-driven rewrites.
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Cast & Crew
Siena Agudong
Dallas Bryan
Noah Beck
Drayton Lahey
Drew Ray Tanner
Nathan Bryan
James Van Der Beek
Leroy Lahey
Deborah Cox
Miss Alicia
Asia Lizardo
Gabby
Jake Foy
Mr. Justin Douglas
Jason Fernandes
Josh Lahey
Kendall Cross
Ellie Lahey
Josh Zaharia
Chase
Lindsay MacAdam (Executive Producer) · Maxwell Mitcheson (Executive Producer) · Tony Chung (Executive Producer) · Justin Wu (Director)
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