Internal Affairs (1990) | How Woke Is It?

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Internal Affairs1990

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What We Think

"Internal Affairs" is a product of its time: more interested in suspense and character flaws than lecturing the audience. Virtually non-woke, and a reminder of when thrillers focused on storytelling instead of social messaging.

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Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

"Internal Affairs" is an old-school thriller where the focus is on plot, character flaws, and gritty realism, not box-ticking diversity or identity politics. The cast and character arcs lean heavily on good old-fashioned storytelling, with very little that feels forced or ideologically driven.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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This film plays things straight and doesn't go out of its way to undermine traditional values or portray masculinity or family as a punchline. If anything, it stays rooted in the kind of moral ambiguity and complexity typical of its era.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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Alternative worldviews are present through the moral dilemmas faced by the characters. The film lets different perspectives clash without simply declaring one side enlightened and the other backward. No obvious ideological echo chamber here.

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