Bringing Up Baby (1938) | How Woke Is It?

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Bringing Up Baby1938

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What We Think

Bringing Up Baby is about as non-woke as it gets by today’s standards. The only thing it pokes fun at is social awkwardness, not tradition. No forced diversity, no agenda-driven plot, and certainly no rewriting of cultural foundations.

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Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

Bringing Up Baby is a classic screwball comedy where character dynamics and narrative are driven by humor, not identity politics. Casting was based on star power and fit for the story, rather than modern notions of forced diversity or ideology. No evidence of identity being prioritized over story.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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The film presents traditional family values, gender roles, and morality as the comedic backdrop, with no significant subversion. Masculinity is gently poked fun at, but not pathologized. No attempt is made to rewrite cultural, religious, or historic traditions.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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What is this?

The worldview is very much of its time, mainstream 1930s America, with no modern ideological messages. Dissenting opinions are part of the comedy, not political villainization. No modern monoculture here, unless you count old Hollywood’s love of wit and chaos.

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