Pitch Black (2000) | How Woke Is It?

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Pitch Black2000

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What We Think

“Pitch Black” is impressively non-woke by modern standards. It tells a tough space horror story without bending over backward for modern ideological checkboxes, characters earn their moments, and identity isn’t the star of the show.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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“Pitch Black” keeps its focus on survival and character grit, not modern identity politics. Characters are diverse, but identity isn’t spotlighted above personality or role. There’s no sense that casting or characterization was warped to serve an ideological agenda. Character flaws and strengths are central, not their demographics.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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Traditional heroism, leadership, and sacrifice are still at play. Masculinity isn’t demonized, and there’s no overt attack on the concepts of family, morality, or religion. While there’s a female lead, it doesn’t feel like a deliberate upending of gender roles for woke points.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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Alternative worldviews and backstories are present, the cast isn’t a mouthpiece for one unified ideological perspective. No one gets villainized because they’re ‘traditional’; the tension is survival, not lectures. Viewers get a spectrum of motivations and personalities.

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