Hearts Beat Loud (2018) | How Woke Is It?

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Hearts Beat Loud2018

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What We Think

'Hearts Beat Loud' delivers a sweet story with a subtly modern edge. Its focus on progressive family themes and identity give it a gentle wokeness, but it never veers into heavy-handedness or total ideological uniformity. Mildly woke, but not egregiously.

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Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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While 'Hearts Beat Loud' features a coming-of-age story centered around a father and daughter, it gives significant focus to the daughter's same-sex relationship. Some viewers may feel this emphasis on identity is slightly prioritized over her musical and familial development, though it never fully derails the narrative.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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The film presents a somewhat progressive family dynamic and explores non-traditional relationships without irony, which could be seen as downplaying more conventional family structures. However, it maintains a respectful tone toward the father-daughter relationship.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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Most worldviews presented lean modern and progressive, and traditional perspectives rarely appear. The lack of scrutiny or debate around contemporary moral assumptions gives a somewhat uniform ideological slant, though overt villainization is mostly absent.

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