Escape from Pretoria (2020) | How Woke Is It?

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Escape from Pretoria2020

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What We Think

Escape from Pretoria is a rare example of a modern film that avoids heavy-handed woke themes and sticks to telling its true story. It focuses on suspense and human perseverance rather than ideological messaging.

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Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

Escape from Pretoria keeps its focus tightly on the real-life escape story, emphasizing suspense and character-driven tension rather than identity politics. Characters are cast based on historical figures, and there’s little sign of modern forced representation or ideological tinkering. It’s mostly about competence, ingenuity, and survival.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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The film largely respects the historical context and doesn’t overly moralize or undermine the concepts of family, masculinity, or tradition. Its focus is on the perseverance of the protagonists and not on subverting traditional values or re-writing history to fit modern narratives.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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What is this?

While the film takes a clear stance against apartheid, hardly controversial these days, it doesn’t go out of its way to mock dissenting perspectives or caricature alternative worldviews. The story is about political prisoners, but it presents its themes with a focus on realism and historical context.

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