Fandango (1985) | How Woke Is It?

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Fandango1985

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What We Think

Fandango is about as non-woke as it gets, an old-school road trip film for young men navigating friendship, dreams, and adulthood, with zero forced representation or modern preaching. A rare breath of fresh air by today’s standards.

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Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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The story focuses on friendship, coming of age, and the anxieties of graduation during the Vietnam era. Characters are developed as individuals rather than as identity checkboxes; nothing feels forced or tokenistic by modern standards.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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Traditional masculinity, brotherhood, and family are presented affectionately, not problematized. While there are hints of anti-war sentiment, the film doesn’t treat foundational values as villains or relics. If anything, nostalgia for Americana and classic rites of passage is front and center.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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Alternative and traditional views are treated with a sense of realism and sincerity. There's minimal preachiness, and characters aren’t shoehorned into ideological echo chambers. The film largely avoids the all-too-common binary of modern moral superiority versus villain caricatures.

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