Bones and All (2022) | How Woke Is It?

Our VerdictWoke

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Bones and All2022

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What We Think

"Bones and All" steers away from overtly ideological storytelling, focusing on character. While it quietly questions norms and avoids celebrating tradition, it doesn’t hammer viewers with messaging or forced representation. It’s non-traditional, but hardly peak woke.

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Compromised:Narrative Integrity

Mildly Woke

What is this?

While "Bones and All" centers on unconventional protagonists (young cannibals), the story focuses on their struggles, trauma, and humanity. Identity markers aren't foregrounded in the way often seen with highly "woke" narratives, and character choices seem motivated more by personal history than by ideological signaling.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

Woke

What is this?

The film touches on themes of alienation and non-traditional lifestyles, subtly challenging conventional norms about family, morality, and behavior. It doesn't outright attack tradition, but it certainly doesn't paint traditional values in a positive light either, preferring morally ambiguous ground.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

Woke

What is this?

Alternative lifestyles are presented with nuance, but more conventional or traditional viewpoints are mostly absent or portrayed only through negative encounters from society. The film isn't a total echo chamber, but there's little real exploration of opposing perspectives.

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