How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008) | How Woke Is It?

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How to Lose Friends & Alienate People2008

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What We Think

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People is about as non-woke as modern comedies get. It prefers poking fun at celebrity culture to preaching any social cause. This is the sort of unapologetic satire that’s practically endangered in today’s Hollywood.

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Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

The film focuses on imperfect, quirky characters and satirical storytelling rather than any overt social agenda. Casting and conflicts are centered around personality and ambition rather than identity, and character growth feels organic rather than dictated by ideology.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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What is this?

Traditionally masculine and feminine dynamics persist, and institutions like work, relationships, and ambition are critiqued for humor rather than subversion. There's no detectable attempt to undermine family, religion, or cultural traditions, everything is played for satire, not politics.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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Alternative viewpoints are mostly present through satire, with different attitudes toward fame, celebrity, and ambition all getting skewered. There is no obvious demonizing of tradition or dissent, it's more about mocking the absurdities of the elite media world.

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