Area 51 (2015) | How Woke Is It?

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What We Think

Area 51 is a popcorn horror flick that avoids the ‘woke’ pitfalls common in modern Hollywood. It’s more focused on cheap scares than on preaching or box-ticking, making it a non-woke, if forgettable, entry in the found-footage canon.

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Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

'Area 51' sticks to a straightforward horror/sci-fi narrative, focusing on tension and scares rather than checking identity boxes. Casting and character arcs are typical for the genre, with no notable emphasis on modern ideological talking points over basic storytelling.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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There’s no real attempt to undermine traditional values or cultural norms. Masculinity, family, and religion barely register in the plot, and the film neither mocks nor excessively champions any of these pillars. It’s an apolitical thriller at heart.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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Alternative viewpoints aren’t really present, but the film doesn’t make them targets or strawmen either. The focus stays on genre thrills rather than any kind of social or political commentary, so ideological uniformity is low and mostly irrelevant.

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