Careful What You Wish For (2015) | How Woke Is It?

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Careful What You Wish For2015

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What We Think

“Careful What You Wish For” keeps its focus squarely on pulpy thrills and old-school noir intrigue, steering clear of modern ideological trends. If you want a film unburdened by today’s cultural virtue signaling, you’ve found it.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

The film is a straightforward erotic thriller, focusing on suspense and plot twists rather than ideological messaging. Character traits are driven by the narrative rather than identity politics, so it doesn’t fall into the usual pitfalls of forced representation.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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What is this?

Traditional gender roles are largely intact, masculinity and femininity are portrayed through the lens of classic noir tropes. While morality is certainly gray, the film doesn't overtly undermine religion, family, or cultural traditions as 'backward' or problematic.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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What is this?

Alternative worldviews aren’t really a focus here, and no clear ideological messages dominate. The story isn't preachy, and traditional perspectives are neither mocked nor villainized, everyone is too busy seducing or betraying each other for ideology to matter.

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