A Scanner Darkly (2006) | How Woke Is It?

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12%

A Scanner Darkly2006

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What We Think

A Scanner Darkly is refreshingly non-woke by current Hollywood standards. Its themes center on surveillance and drug culture, not on modern ideological identity issues. This film prioritizes narrative over checklist representation and avoids the typical pitfalls of recent Hollywood ‘wokeness.’

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

The film focuses on substance abuse, surveillance, and existential crisis, rather than prioritizing characters' identity markers. Casting and characterization appear motivated by story needs rather than forced representation. There’s little evidence of identity ideology overtaking narrative integrity.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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A Scanner Darkly doesn’t make a point of undermining traditional values or belittling masculinity, family, or religion. Its critique is aimed at government surveillance and drug addiction, not cultural foundations. There’s no obvious cultural revisionism or overt agenda against tradition.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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Alternative worldviews, especially regarding surveillance and personal freedom, are explored. There’s no mocking of dissenters solely on identity grounds. The moral questions revolve around societal control and addiction, not around ideological conformity to modern political themes.

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