Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997) | How Woke Is It?

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Romy and Michele's High School Reunion1997

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What We Think

“Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion” is a rare, non-woke time capsule. Its focus on friendship and self-acceptance steers clear of the ideological hallmarks typically found in modern “woke” cinema. A refreshing break from today’s cultural preachiness.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

The film’s focus lies squarely on friendship, nostalgia, and personal growth, not on pushing modern identity politics. Romy and Michele are quirky and unique, but their character arcs stem from personality and life experience, not from shoehorned demographic boxes. Forced representation or ideological casting is practically absent.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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While the leads are unconventional women, the film doesn’t attack traditional femininity, masculinity, family, or values in any substantial way. There’s a gentle mocking of high school clichés, but hardly any rewriting of cultural foundations. If anything, the story reinforces some wholesome themes about authenticity and friendship.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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Alternative worldviews are not really villainized; the film’s antagonists are just typical high school mean girls. There’s no agenda-driven portrayal of dissenting perspectives, and the script doesn’t enforce modern ideological uniformity. It’s too lighthearted and apolitical to take sides in the culture war.

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