Raise the Red Lantern (1991) | How Woke Is It?

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Raise the Red Lantern1991

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What We Think

Raise the Red Lantern is practically the definition of a non-woke film: it’s rooted in culture and tradition, focused on personal drama, and refreshingly free from modern ideological overlays. Hollywood could learn a thing or two.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

The film is firmly story-driven, focusing on individual psychology and traditional social structures, not modern identity politics. Character arcs rely on human flaws and ambitions, not ideology or forced representation.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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Raise the Red Lantern presents traditional Chinese cultural norms neutrally or even reverently, albeit showing their oppressive sides. There is no attempt to update historical realities to fit modern agendas, and it doesn’t ridicule masculinity, family, or religion for the sake of scoring points.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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The film does not promote modern ideological uniformity; it explores characters embedded in a specific cultural moment, neither ridiculing traditional worldviews nor advancing progressive dogma. No overt villainization of alternative perspectives occurs.

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