Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) | How Woke Is It?

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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street2007

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What We Think

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is about as non-woke as a modern Hollywood musical gets. It's a gothic revenge tale that prioritizes storytelling, not activism or ideological lecturing. If you want old-school style over modern messaging, this is it.

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Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

Sweeney Todd is far more concerned with the macabre and melodrama than identity politics. Casting choices prioritize fit for the gothic roles and singing ability, not ideology. The storyline retains focus on revenge and tragedy, not box-checking or forced representation.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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The film doesn't invest time in lecturing or subverting traditional values, if anything, it's a dark satire of Victorian London. Issues of religion, family, and morality appear primarily as narrative devices in a grim, fictional context, not for modern ideological reinterpretation.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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There's little to suggest a forced modern worldview here. The film satirizes all walks of life in its grim universe, with corrupt judges and desperate citizens, but doesn't mock dissenting views or push an obvious message. No ideological monoculture to spot.

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