High School (2010) | How Woke Is It?

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High School2010

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What We Think

'High School' is mostly apolitical, sticking to stoner and teen gross-out humor. It avoids the usual woke pitfalls, focusing more on slapstick and absurdity than any agenda. Pretty non-woke by modern Hollywood standards.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

The film centers around a classic stoner comedy premise with characters and plot driven by comedic excess rather than identity politics or forced diversity. Emphasis is clearly on absurdity, not on ideological messaging or identity over story.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

Not Woke

What is this?

While the film pokes fun at authority, especially educators and administrators, it does so for the sake of irreverence rather than attacking broader cultural values like family, religion, or traditional morality. It's more juvenile rebellion than cultural subversion.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

Not Woke

What is this?

There aren’t really political or ideological axes at play; the movie lampoons 'The Man' and school authority, but doesn't paint alternative views as outright villains. There’s no heavy-handed messaging or ideological monoculture present.

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