Men at Work (1990) | How Woke Is It?

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Men at Work1990

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What We Think

“Men at Work” is about as non-woke as it gets, a goofy buddy comedy more interested in pizza and pranks than modern sensitivities. Nothing here for ideological watchdogs; it’s pure old-school fun.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

“Men at Work” focuses on two slacker garbage men getting caught up in accidental adventure. Casting and character development are classic to buddy comedies of the era, with no apparent prioritizing of identity over personality or merit. The film feels much more concerned with jokes and mishap than with ideological box-ticking.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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What is this?

No subversion of traditional roles or reimagining of cultural norms here, masculinity is depicted in a comedic, blue-collar fashion and traditional authority figures are played for laughs, not undermined for ideology. There’s nothing remotely resembling cultural or historical revisionism.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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What is this?

The movie satirizes authority and pokes fun at environmental issues, but these are presented as plot devices, not grand moral statements. There’s no discernible effort to villainize differing social perspectives or silence non-woke viewpoints, just slapstick and late-‘80s shenanigans.

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