Simon of the Desert (1965) | How Woke Is It?

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Simon of the Desert1965

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What We Think

"Simon of the Desert" is a surreal, critical meditation on faith and human folly, decidedly pre-woke, with minimal alignment to current ideological trends. Buñuel’s signature style pokes at institutions but avoids modern box-ticking and virtue signaling.

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Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

The film retains narrative integrity, as its characters and themes arise naturally from its satirical take on asceticism, not from any modern ideological checklist. There’s no forced representation or box-ticking diversity.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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What is this?

While the film certainly critiques aspects of religious tradition and asceticism, it does so within the context of a wider philosophical and surreal commentary, rather than in service of contemporary woke narratives. Its irreverence is more existential than ideological.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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What is this?

It offers a satirical, ambiguous perspective on faith and morality but doesn’t aggressively promote one worldview being superior to another, nor does it villainize dissent in today's typical ideological terms.

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