The Sandlot
AI Woke Score
No detectable agenda — story first.
confidence: high
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The Verdict
A warm, nostalgic coming-of-age baseball movie with zero identity messaging. It's a pure period boyhood adventure — clean across every axis. Any diversity in the cast fits the setting naturally.
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 1990s coming-of-age story with no established characters to swap.
Girlboss & Male Demotion
0A boys' baseball ensemble; no male-demotion messaging.
LGBTQ+ / Trans / Non-Binary Content
0No LGBTQ+ content of any kind.
DEI Casting
10The cast includes a Black character (Benny) in a naturalistic period-appropriate way; nothing checkbox-driven.
- Benny 'The Jet' Rodriguez and Hispanic/Black kids in a 1960s neighborhood group
Preachiness
0Nostalgic, story-driven; no sermonizing.
Anti-Masculinity / Anti-West
0Celebrates boyhood and friendship without any anti-masculine framing.
Source Betrayal
0Original screenplay, no source material to betray.
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Cast & Crew
Tom Guiry
Scotty Smalls
Mike Vitar
Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez
Patrick Renna
Hamilton 'Ham' Porter
Chauncey Leopardi
Michael 'Squints' Palledorous
Marty York
Alan 'Yeah-Yeah' McClennan
Brandon Quintin Adams
Kenny DeNunez
Grant Gelt
Bertram Grover Weeks
James Earl Jones
Mr. Mertle
Denis Leary
Bill
Karen Allen
Mom
Chris Zarpas (Executive Producer) · Mark Burg (Executive Producer) · Cathleen Summers (Executive Producer) · David Mickey Evans (Director)
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