Smashed (2012) | How Woke Is It?

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Smashed2012

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What We Think

“Smashed” steers mostly clear of the modern ‘woke’ pitfalls, favoring genuine character-driven storytelling over agenda-driven messaging. It’s a rare example of a recent drama where identity doesn’t overshadow human experience.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

"Smashed" focuses on personal struggle, addiction, and relationships. The casting and character arcs rely on raw, grounded performances rather than identity checklists. There is little sense of identity politics overriding the authentic narrative, and the film avoids focusing primarily on factors such as gender and race for their own sake.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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While dealing with heavy themes like alcoholism and marital strain, the film doesn’t take aim at traditional values such as family, faith, or masculinity. Its depiction of flawed characters is empathetic rather than subversive, and does not ridicule or invert any recognizable cultural foundations in a preachy way.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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The film presents a nuanced variety of flawed characters dealing with realistic struggles and perspectives. There’s no evident demonization of traditional viewpoints, nor a sense that only one fashionable worldview is permitted to exist. It’s refreshingly pluralistic by modern standards.

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