Freakonomics (2010) | How Woke Is It?

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Freakonomics2010

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What We Think

Freakonomics is about as non-woke as a modern documentary can get. It’s focused on unconventional economics, not shoehorned political ideology. Anyone tired of Hollywood’s usual virtue-signaling will find little to gripe about here.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

Freakonomics sticks closely to its roots as a documentary based on an economics book. The film follows its analytical structure and avoids shoehorning in forced identity narratives or rewriting character arcs for the sake of ideology.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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What is this?

The film examines unconventional questions about human behavior and social incentives, but it doesn’t attack traditional values, religion, or family structures. Its focus is more on data-driven curiosities than on tearing down cultural foundations.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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What is this?

The documentary invites an open-ended exploration of economic incentives, and features a variety of voices and opinions. There’s no obvious monoculture; if anything, the film aims for intellectual diversity, albeit through an academic lens.

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