What is EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert's IQ Score?

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert has an IQ Score of 166/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient framework, placing it in the Masterclass tier. The score breaks down to 37/50 Cognitive Stimulation, 43/50 Educational Value, and 47/50 Craft & Quality.

Is EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert educational?

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert is strong on Educational Value, 43/50 on TVI's rubric, which rates the density and integration of substantive information within the work.

How does TV Intelligentsia calculate IQ Score?

TV Intelligentsia's current published formula is round((Cognitive Stimulation × 0.4 + Educational Value × 0.35 + Craft & Quality × 0.25) × 4), scoring titles from 0 to 200 across five tiers. TVI publishes a three-dimension breakdown only when those values reproduce the displayed composite. The framework is published at tvintelligentsia.com/methodology/.

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert IQ Score 166/200

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert has an IQ Score of 166/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Masterclass tier.

By Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH·Updated 2026-09-07·Methodology

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166/ 200

Masterclass

Exceptional cognitive and educational substance, delivered with craft that sustains close attention

Score Breakdown

Legacy score. Published under our earlier workflow, before the current standard took effect in August 2026. A founder reviewed and approved it against our methodology, under a process that does not meet the standard we hold now. What this means →

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Cognitive Stimulation/50

Educational Value/50

Craft & Quality/50

IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4) · How we score →

What these dimensions mean

Cognitive Stimulation: observable narrative complexity, conceptual density, ambiguity, inference, and sustained intellectual demands in the work.
Educational Value: the density and integration of substantive academic, historical, scientific, cultural, ethical, or practical information in the work.
Craft & Quality: production excellence in service of the work, its direction, writing, performance, and aesthetic intent.

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The Verdict

Best forPresley admirers who want the restored Vegas-era performances with the man narrating his own life

Skip ifYou want talking-head analysis; Luhrmann stays out of the way and lets the archive speak

Use it asAn archival recovery piece on the gap between Elvis the person and Elvis the image

Why you should trust this score

Scored under Jordan Robinson, MD, MPH

Physician and founding editor. Maintains the adult catalog against the published rubric and reviews the rubric application.

Methodology

Published rubric, v1.3.1

Formula

round((C × 0.40 + E × 0.35 + Q × 0.25) × 4)

Database scale

2,607 titles, version-controlled

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The TVI Take

Baz Luhrmann assembled this concert documentary from sixty-eight boxes of long-lost footage of Presley's 1970s Las Vegas residency, including a forty-five-minute audio recording of Elvis narrating his own life. Rather than talk over the King, Luhrmann lets the restored performances and Presley's own voice build the argument about the distance between the man and the image.

The archival recovery itself is the knowledge transfer, which is why its educational dimension scores near its craft.

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