What We Do in the Shadows
AI Woke Score
Heavy-handed messaging over story.
confidence: high
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The Verdict
A genuinely funny absurdist vampire mockumentary that is essentially clean on the identity-messaging axes that matter here. The main exception is LGBTQ+ content: the show casually portrays its vampires as fluidly bisexual and develops a recurring romantic subplot between Nandor and Guillermo. Nothing is preachy or agenda-driven — it's all played for comedy, and everyone is equally ridiculous regardless of identity.
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
5Original characters in an original comedy series; no established characters swapped.
Girlboss & Male Demotion
15Nadja is a strong, scheming character but the men are equally foolish; comedy mocks everyone, not men specifically.
- Nandor and Laszlo are both bumbling and vain just like Nadja
LGBTQ+ / Trans / Non-Binary Content
70Recurring openly bisexual/pansexual vampires; Nandor and Guillermo's relationship has romantic subtext, and characters are casually fluid in sexuality.
- Laszlo and Nadja are openly bisexual with centuries of fluid romantic history
- Nandor's bisexual past relationships referenced
- Guillermo's coming out and the Nandor romantic tension
DEI Casting
25Diverse cast (Nandor as a former Ottoman warrior, Guillermo Latino) that fits a comedy about immigrant vampires in Staten Island.
- Nandor the Relentless, an Al Quolanudar warrior
- Guillermo de la Cruz as the Latino familiar
Preachiness
10The show is absurdist comedy with no sermonizing or activist messaging.
Anti-Masculinity / Anti-West
10Mocks vain, useless vampires of all genders for laughs, not as anti-masculine messaging.
Source Betrayal
10Faithful spin-off of the 2014 film's premise and tone; no identity-driven rewrites.
- Maintains the mockumentary style and vampire-household concept of the original film
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Cast & Crew
Kayvan Novak
Nandor the Relentless
Matt Berry
Laszlo Cravensworth
Natasia Demetriou
Nadja
Harvey Guillén
Guillermo de la Cruz
Mark Proksch
Colin Robinson
Yana Gorskaya (Executive Producer) · Sam Johnson (Executive Producer) · Kyle Newacheck (Executive Producer) · Sarah Naftalis (Executive Producer)
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