The Polka King

Summary: Local Pennsylvania polka legend Jan Lewan develops a plan to get rich that shocks his fans and lands him in jail.

Release Date: January 12, 2018

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Biography

Director: Maya Forbes

Writers: Maya Forbes

, Wallace Wolodarsky

Runtime: 1 h 35 min

MPAA: TV-14

Production: ShivHans Pictures, Electric Dynamite, Permut Presentations

Country: United States

Language: English

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44% of the Stars & Main Cast are Female.

13% of the Stars & Main Cast are "diverse."

White56.25%Jewish31.25%Mixed / Other6.25%Black6.25%

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Violence1/5
Sex1/5
Language3/5
Consumerism1/5
Drugs1/5

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Race	White	Jewish	Latino	Total	Visuals	Info
Kairos	7		1	8		A third party facial recognition software company we used to maintain objectivity. Upload images to the facial recognition demo page to check the veracity of our data set. Or use their API and do a bulk peer review if you'd like. Source: https://www.kairos.com/demos
Ethnic	3	3		6		This is the most reliable data source for accurate ethnic breakdowns of famous people. Often the information is crowdsourced by users and they cite all their sources (family trees, obituaries, census archives, etc.) on the bottom of the page. The only issue is converting their ambiguous and inconsistent verdicts into quantifiable variables. Source: https://ethnicelebs.com/
Forebears	3			3
Surname	1			1		A third party free program that uses US Census data to create an algorithm that analyzes surnames and guesses what ethnicity the person is. Obviously there are issues with this data set such as African Americans who have the last names of their ancestors' slave owner. However, when no other data set is available, this can give a rough estimate and expand the data pool for the less important cast members with no IMDb or TMDb image. Please consider downloading their source code via GitHub to verify the accuracy of our data set, and to peer review our conclusions. Source: https://pypi.org/project/ethnicolr/
Total	14	3	1	18
Cast Percentages	77.78%	16.67%	5.56%	100%	{"name":"Cast Percentages","series":[{"name":"White","y":77.78,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":16.67,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":5.56,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":""}
U.S. Population (2000) Percentage	69.1%	1.85%	12.5%		{"name":"U.S. Population (2000)","series":[{"name":"White","y":69.1,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Arab","y":0.42,"color":"#DF5353"},{"name":"Asian","y":4.23,"color":"#90ee7e"},{"name":"Black","y":12.3,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Indian","y":0.6,"color":"#7798BF"},{"name":"Indigenous","y":0.9,"color":"#aaeeee"},{"name":"Latino","y":12.5,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":3.96,"color":"#55BF3B"},{"name":"Jewish","y":1.85,"color":"#ff0066"}],"prefix":""}	Source: US Census (Note: Racial and ethnic categories overlap so the sum will not equal 100%.)
U.S. Population (2000) Representation	+8.68	+14.82	-6.94		{"name":"U.S. Population (2000)","series":[["White",69.1],["Jewish",1.85],["Latino",12.5]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":77.78,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Jewish","y":16.67,"color":"#ff0066"},{"name":"Latino","y":5.56,"color":"#eeaaee"}]}
U.S. Buying Power (2000) Percentage	81.25%		6.26%		{"name":"U.S. Buying Power (2000)","series":[{"name":"White","y":6413300000000,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":276400000000,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":609100000000,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":40300000000,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":494000000000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":60300000000,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":0,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	Source: Selig Center, University of Georgia
U.S. Buying Power (2000) Representation	-3.47		-0.7		{"name":"U.S. Buying Power (2000)","series":[["White",81.25],["Jewish",0],["Latino",6.26]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":77.78,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Jewish","y":16.67,"color":"#ff0066"},{"name":"Latino","y":5.56,"color":"#eeaaee"}]}
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Percentage	75.87%		6.17%		{"name":"U.S. Average Individual Income (2018)","series":[{"name":"White","y":12379223097685,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":840599779788,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":1483520178109,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":115688369276,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":1006688175500,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":490838834659,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":0,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	Source: IPUMS-CPS, University of Minnesota
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Representation	+1.91		-0.61		{"name":"U.S. Average Individual Income (2018)","series":[["White",75.87],["Jewish",0],["Latino",6.17]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":77.78,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Jewish","y":16.67,"color":"#ff0066"},{"name":"Latino","y":5.56,"color":"#eeaaee"}]}
World population (2002) Percentage	16.19%	0.34%	5.71%		{"name":"World population (2002) ","series":[{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":11666992036,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":35696748136,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":8526105205,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"White","y":101163632675,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":72726073172,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":212026003574,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":48323392485,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":132596647598,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":2119021178,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":""}	NOTE: ZR is the first organization to ever create a global buying power divided by race. Essentially we just took data from CIA.gov FactBook, UN Population Estimates, and The World Bank's Population Estimates / Purchasing Power Parity Per Capita.
World population (2002) Representation	+61.59	+16.33	-0.15		{"name":"World population (2002) ","series":[["White",16.19],["Jewish",0.34],["Latino",5.71]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":77.78,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Jewish","y":16.67,"color":"#ff0066"},{"name":"Latino","y":5.56,"color":"#eeaaee"}]}
World Buying Power Percentage	36.48%	1.11%	9.35%		{"name":"World Buying Power","series":[{"name":"White","y":3010602822170000,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":771525888400000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":91700962050000,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":526264226360000,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":174285727610000,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":148984454560000,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":526400066100000,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":2431392083750000,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":572687873900000,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	NOTE: ZR is the first organization to ever create a global buying power divided by race. Essentially we just took data from CIA.gov FactBook, UN Population Estimates, and The World Bank's Population Estimates / Purchasing Power Parity Per Capita.
World Buying Power Representation	+41.3	+15.56	-3.79		{"name":"World Buying Power","series":[["White",36.48],["Jewish",1.11],["Latino",9.35]],"cast":[{"name":"White","y":77.78,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Jewish","y":16.67,"color":"#ff0066"},{"name":"Latino","y":5.56,"color":"#eeaaee"}]}
Notes		If there were any inconsistencies with percentages calculated using our Census data, the Jewish Data Bank percentages were the ones used. Also please review the Jewish Data Bank pdf to understand the difference between the "Core" Jewish population and the "Extended" / "Law of Return" Jewish populations. We are displaying the "Core" Jewish populations since that is what the Jewish Data Bank and Wikipedia articles chose. Also, the 1942 population estimates were used for the 1940 row. For the 2000 estimates, the "Core" definition was not used, so we used the 5.2 mil broader estimate instead of the 4.3 mil estimate since the 5.2 broader estimate seemed too drastic of a drop and the definitions weren't congruent with Core and Law of Return.	Many Latinos check "White" or "Other" on the Census. So this overlaps with "Mixed" race and "White." Also, when there was a discrepancy with the percentage listed on the Wikipedia table and our calculated numbers, the Wiki table's numbers were used. Likewise, when the population total was missing from the Census pdf, the estimate was calculated using the percentage from the Wiki table. NOTE: It turns out that the reason America doesn't have a separate "Latino" race is because the League of Latin American Citizens protested against discrimination towards Mexicans and got themselves to legally be considered "White." Check the research links in our Google Doc for more info.

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Message 1/5	Bad behavior will be punished, but the story doesn't fully take into account the misfortune caused by the central character.
Role model 1/5	A charismatic, supposedly naive character wreaks havoc on the rich elderly. He is, on the other hand, a loving husband, father, and friend. He enjoys making people happy but doesn't mind duping them. His victims are shown to be greedy, easy marks. Females are stereotypes (nagging mother-in-law; submissive, gullible wife). Some ethnic diversity.
Violence 1/5	Off-camera knifing results in blood-soaked man wheeled off on gurney; his throat has been slashed, but he recovers. Off-camera bus accident in which people are injured, one young man critically. An elderly woman and man are punched for comic effect.
Sex 1/5	Kissing. In a scene meant to be comedic, a married man and a single woman are shown in bed together, with mild foreplay.
Language 3/5	One use each of "ass," "s--t," "bitch," and "f--k." Other expressions: "up the wazoo," "keep it in your pants," "pee pee only." A man is shown sitting on the toilet in his prison cell.
Consumerism 1/5	Radio Shack, Patriot Disposal.
Drugs 1/5	A champagne toast.

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