The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) | How Woke Is It?

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The Banshees of Inisherin2022

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The Banshees of Inisherin is refreshingly non-woke, favoring character, tradition, and nuance over ideology. It tells a deeply human story grounded in its setting, exactly what many of us are looking for.

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Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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The film is firmly character-driven with narrative priorities that focus on realism, tradition, and personal conflict rather than on checking identity boxes. Casting reflects the Irish setting, and there’s no sense of forced representation or over-idealized characters.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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The story grapples with faith, tradition, and masculinity in a respectful and authentic way. While it isn’t a celebration of conservatism, it doesn’t subvert or ridicule core cultural values, but rather uses them to build drama.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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Alternative perspectives and moral ambiguity abound. The film doesn’t proselytize modern ideology, instead immersing viewers in an old-world landscape with complex, flawed individuals shaped by their cultural milieu.

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