After Yang (2022) | How Woke Is It?

Our VerdictHyper Woke

80%

After Yang2022

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What We Think

After Yang is quietly but firmly woke, prioritizing identity and modern social issues over classic storytelling and diverse perspectives. Its gentle tone may hide its ideological rigidity, but make no mistake, it's a very A24 take on the future.

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Compromised:Narrative Integrity

Hyper Woke

What is this?

After Yang puts significant emphasis on identity and cultural themes, sometimes to the detriment of story momentum. The film is deeply invested in representation, leaning hard into philosophical questions about race, adoption, and what family means, arguably prioritizing these topics over tight plotting or character-driven tension.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

Hyper Woke

What is this?

Traditional views of family, memory, and identity are reexamined through a distinctly modern, multicultural, and post-human lens. Parental roles and cultural heritage are depicted less as givens and more as constructs to interrogate, which might rub traditionalists the wrong way.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

Woke

What is this?

Dissenting or non-progressive perspectives are largely absent. The worldview is overwhelmingly contemporary and inclusive, and alternative viewpoints are not explored in any meaningful way, everyone speaks in the language of modern virtue and broad empathy.

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