Soul Surfer (2011) | How Woke Is It?

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Soul Surfer2011

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What We Think

Soul Surfer is about as far from woke as you can get from a modern Hollywood film. With faith, family, and grit in the spotlight, and none of the usual woke talking points shoehorned in, this one’s refreshingly non-woke.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

Soul Surfer keeps the focus on the real-life story of Bethany Hamilton, emphasizing perseverance, faith, and family. Character traits like race or identity aren’t forced front and center. The narrative is all about overcoming adversity through determination, not trendy checkboxes.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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The film openly honors faith, traditional family, and resilience. Christianity plays a positive, pivotal role, and traditional gender roles aren’t subverted, if anything, they’re respectfully reinforced.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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The film doesn’t preach or ridicule alternative worldviews; it simply centers one family’s values without making villains of others. There’s not much ideological browbeating here to worry about.

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