Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) | How Woke Is It?

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Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me1999

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What We Think

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me is about as non-woke as it gets these days, a gleeful, irreverent spoof with no noticeable modern ideological agenda. Its main aim is to make you laugh, not check boxes.

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Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

The film focuses on comedic storytelling, with characters defined more by their personality and ridiculous quirks than by identity boxes. There's little evidence of forced representation or ideologically driven character construction, more so a parody of the Bond genre than anything else.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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While the movie lampoons many social norms, it does so with tongue firmly in cheek, often poking fun at '60s-era masculinity rather than demonizing it. Family and tradition aren't major themes, but they aren't undermined either, more ignored in favor of slapstick.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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There's no sign of ideological uniformity; the movie targets everyone and everything equally for laughs. Dissenting views aren’t villainized, the whole film is irreverent, much more concerned with absurdity than moralizing.

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