Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (1967) | How Woke Is It?

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Kidnapping, Caucasian Style1967

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What We Think

A relic of its time, this film is about as non-woke as it gets. Traditional values, straightforward comedy, and absolutely no emphasis on identity politics. Hollywood could stand to remember how to do it this way every once in a while.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

The film’s story focuses on classic comedic misunderstandings without any sign of identity-driven characterization. Characters are developed based on personality and plot, not contemporary identity politics. Forced representation or ideological motivations for casting are simply absent here.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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What is this?

This film leans into traditional culture and social norms of its era, including humor around family, romance, and local customs. There’s no sign of subverting gender roles or rewriting cultural touchstones to match modern expectations, if anything, it preserves them, sometimes comically so.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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What is this?

The film does reflect the ideological uniformity expected from a Soviet-era comedy, but this is more about the context of its creation than any modern woke sensibility. There’s no progressive agenda or villainization of traditional thinking by today’s standards.

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