Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) | How Woke Is It?

Our VerdictMildly Woke

42%

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls1970

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What We Think

“Beyond the Valley of the Dolls” feels more like a relic of psychedelic chaos than a sermon on modern wokeness. While it thumbs its nose at traditional values and pokes fun at social norms, it doesn’t force-feed any clear ideology. Call it wild and irreverent, not especially woke by today’s standards.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

Mildly Woke

What is this?

The film is more of a campy satire than a piece pushing any modern ideological agenda. Most characters are exaggerated for comedic and shock value rather than to check identity boxes. In our view, narrative was driven more by spectacle and style than by contemporary identity politics.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

Woke

What is this?

The movie gleefully subverts traditional morality, sexuality, and gender expectations of its era, poking fun at family values and authority figures. Still, it does so using exploitation tropes rather than to advocate for a particular ideology. It can be seen as undermining some cultural norms, but mainly in a chaotic, non-prescriptive way.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

Woke

What is this?

While a freewheeling critique of mainstream society, it’s less concerned with presenting a monoculture and more focused on mockery. Multiple extreme viewpoints are portrayed, often satirically. There’s not much ideological consensus, just an anarchic sendup of the late '60s scene.

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