Natural Born Killers (1994) | How Woke Is It?

Our VerdictNot Woke

23%

Natural Born Killers1994

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What We Think

While Natural Born Killers is edgy and anti-establishment, its mayhem isn’t woke, it’s anarchic. The film lampoons all sides, not just traditional values, and doesn’t promote new-age orthodoxy. Instead of preaching, it revels in chaos.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

Not Woke

What is this?

Natural Born Killers doesn't really tick the 'woke' box by today's standards. Its wild narrative is more of a chaotic satire on violence and media obsession than a platform for identity politics or forced diversity. Characters are outrageous and flawed, with little emphasis on race, gender, or sexuality.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

Woke

What is this?

The film certainly takes a hammer to traditional values, family, morality, and law enforcement are all skewered, but not with the particular modern ideological zeal seen in recent 'woke' films. Its critique is more against society at large than any specific foundation.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

Mildly Woke

What is this?

There's not much of an ideological monoculture here. The movie is a nihilistic free-for-all, satirizing everyone in sight. Almost no one gets off easy, regardless of worldview. Traditional ideas are mocked, but so is everyone else; no 'approved' ideology gets center stage.

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