After Hours (1985) | How Woke Is It?

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After Hours1985

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What We Think

This is about as non-woke as mainstream cinema gets, no blatant representation checklists, virtue signaling, or moral soapboxing. “After Hours” is a compelling slice of 80s absurdism that lets its own quirks shine without bowing to modern ideological norms.

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Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

“After Hours” tells its bizarre odyssey without shoehorning in identity politics or pandering to modern checkboxes. The story is driven by quirky characters and escalating chaos, rather than any forced messaging around race, gender, or sexuality. Casting and character development feel organic for an offbeat 1980s dark comedy.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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The film does not target or mock traditional religion, family, or masculinity in any agenda-driven way. If anything, its irreverence and cynicism poke fun at everyone equally, making its approach much more non-woke than what we see these days.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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What is this?

There’s no heavy-handed message or obvious villainization of alternative worldviews. The weirdness is universal and existential; nobody feels like a stand-in for some ‘problematic’ traditional ideal. It’s just pure social satire unanchored by modern ideological signposting.

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