In the Army Now (1994) | How Woke Is It?

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In the Army Now1994

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What We Think

"In the Army Now" is about as non-woke as they come, a nostalgia piece where comedy, not ideology, takes the frontline. Any jabs at tradition are lighthearted, not preachy.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

"In the Army Now" plays things pretty straight by 1990s standards. The narrative focuses on comedic misfits bumbling through basic training, without prioritizing identity over story. Characters are cast for laughs and archetypes rather than for meeting checkboxes, so, remarkably, narrative integrity isn’t sacrificed at the altar of wokeness.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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The film pokes fun at military culture and authority figures, but it largely treats patriotism, masculinity, and even the concept of teamwork with a kind of good-natured ribbing. No aggressive effort to subvert traditional roles or values; it’s more slapstick than sermon.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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There’s no villainization of traditional or dissenting views here, just classic underdog comedy. The film is too busy mining laughs from fish-out-of-water scenarios to bother with ideology. If anything, it’s a product of a far less self-serious Hollywood.

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