Gallowwalkers (2012) | How Woke Is It?

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Gallowwalkers2012

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What We Think

Gallowwalkers barely registers any 'woke' content. It’s a pulpy, supernatural Western too focused on genre tropes and action to care about modern ideology. Expect negligible woke interference.

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Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

The story in Gallowwalkers centers around a typical supernatural revenge narrative. There's little evidence that identity factors like race, gender, or sexuality override plot or character motivation. Casting Wesley Snipes seems more like genre convention than a deliberate move towards forced representation.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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What is this?

Traditional themes like family, religion, and masculinity in Gallowwalkers are presented in a mostly typical Western fashion, albeit filtered through pulp horror. There is no noticeable subversion or revisionism, if anything, the film is fairly apolitical and focused on its world-building.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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What is this?

The movie does not seem interested in exploring or mocking any contemporary ideologies or alternative perspectives. Its characters are archetypes and it never feels like a soapbox for modern moral lessons. No major hints of ideological monoculture.

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