Dude (2018) | How Woke Is It?

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77%

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What We Think

‘Dude’ checks a lot of the modern Hollywood boxes: strong emphasis on identity, an undercurrent of subverting old-school norms, and little effort to give conflicting viewpoints a fair shake. Not the wokest of the woke, but comfortably above average on the scale.

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Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

It appears that 'Dude' focuses heavily on contemporary identity themes, at times prioritizing surface-level representation over deeper character growth. Diverse characters are front and center, but their arcs occasionally lean toward stereotype or serve the film’s ideological tone rather than organic narrative development.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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What is this?

The film puts traditional values, family, faith, and even masculinity, in the background or makes light of them, choosing instead to champion modern attitudes and a more rebellious teen spirit. This could be seen as subtly undermining cultural foundations in favor of the zeitgeist.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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There’s little room for alternative worldviews: the groupthink among the main characters reinforces a single-minded take on modern morality. Traditional perspectives and authority figures are mostly sidelined or depicted as out-of-touch, leaving little space for genuine pluralism.

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