Dead of Night (1945) | How Woke Is It?

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Dead of Night1945

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What We Think

"Dead of Night" (1945) is about as non-woke as a film can get. Its storytelling is classic, its cultural grounding is traditional, and ideological monoculture is nowhere to be found. If you crave a break from modern-day Hollywood preaching, this is a breath of fresh post-war air.

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Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

The 1945 anthology film "Dead of Night" is all about classic supernatural storytelling. Characterization is rooted in plot rather than shoehorned identity politics or forced representation. All characters are portrayed with believable flaws and drama without any sense of narrative getting hijacked for ideological reasons.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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Traditional values and a sense of post-war British sensibility permeate the film. It doesn't subvert family, faith, or traditional morality; rather, it explores eerie horrors through established cultural frameworks without retconning or moral lectures.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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The film doesn't push any overt ideology. Alternative worldviews (skepticism vs. belief, rationality vs. superstition) are present and depicted as reasonable points of debate, with neither mocked or demonized in a 'woke' fashion.

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