Mommie Dearest (1981) | How Woke Is It?

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13%

Mommie Dearest1981

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What We Think

"Mommie Dearest" is blissfully pre-woke. Its focus is on melodrama and personal dysfunction, not contemporary ideology. Modern viewers seeking woke themes won’t find them here.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

Not Woke

What is this?

"Mommie Dearest" focuses on dysfunctional family dynamics and abusive parenting, not modern identity politics. There's no sense that characters are written to fulfill diversity quotas or ideological templates. The narrative is driven by personality and conflict, not by forced representation or "Mary Sue" traits.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

Mildly Woke

What is this?

While the film exposes the dark side of old Hollywood and a troubled mother-daughter relationship, it doesn’t go out of its way to undermine religion, traditional masculinity, or morality. Family is portrayed in a negative light because of real-life events, rather than any woke agenda.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

Not Woke

What is this?

The movie doesn't present a modern ideological monoculture. Alternative viewpoints (especially about parenting and celebrity) exist within the story, and there's no overt push for a uniform set of political or identity-based beliefs.

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