Pam & Tommy

The show focuses heavily on feminist themes of consent, female exploitation, and the double standards of how the public treats women in media. Additionally, the narrative features Erica's queer identity as a positive contrast to traditional relationship dynamics. Due to the integration of these LGBTQ+ and feminist themes, the score is elevated by 25 points.

The series heavily critiques the 1990s media, the legal system, the entertainment industry, and corporate greed through a modern feminist lens. It portrays the legal system and corporate executives as complicit in the exploitation of women's bodies, framing traditional social structures and toxic masculinity as systemic forces of oppression.

The series was produced without the consent or involvement of Pamela Anderson. It significantly reframes the real-life historical events to align with modern post-#MeToo and feminist sensibilities. While keeping basic plot points, it shifts the tone of the real-life figures' lives to serve as a preachy lesson on patriarchy and exploitation.

A segment of viewers and critics complained that the series was a preachy feminist screed that heavily relied on modern ideological messaging about the patriarchy rather than being a fun, rock-and-roll biopic. Some users on social media noted that the show's attempts to lecture on female exploitation were highly hypocritical, considering it was made without Pamela Anderson's consent.

Robert D. Siegel (20), Seth Rogen (45), Ali Krug (45), Lake Bell (65), and Craig Gillespie (34) have a mixed history of incorporating social commentary into their work. Bell and Krug have strong records of feminist advocacy and female-led storytelling, while Rogen and Siegel tend to balance mainstream entertainment with mild progressive themes.