Major Dundee (1965) | How Woke Is It?

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Major Dundee1965

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What We Think

Major Dundee is about as non-woke as they come. Its focus is on classic Western tropes with zero evidence of the progressive filters that dominate contemporary films. If you're tired of modern wokeness, this dusty epic should be your cup of tea.

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Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

Major Dundee was made in 1965, an era when identity politics hadn't yet overtaken Hollywood. The story focuses on character skills, personal conflicts, and leadership rather than modern identity checklists. Casting and character development are traditional, with little to suggest forced representation or narrative concessions for ideology.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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The film upholds traditional values: military leadership, complex but clear masculinity, and themes of honor, duty, and sacrifice. Family, religion, and morality are present in ways typical for its time, and there's little evidence of revisionism or subversion of core cultural foundations.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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Alternative perspectives are present within the established boundaries of 1960s Westerns. While progressive debate isn’t a centerpiece, dissent is depicted through various personal and military disputes, not through ideological caricature. No modern monoculture here, just old-school drama.

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