The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001) | How Woke Is It?

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The Curse of the Jade Scorpion2001

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What We Think

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion is a straightforward period comedy-mystery, blissfully uninterested in ticking modern woke checkboxes. Its few nods to gender interplay are played for laughs, not lectures, making it a non-woke relic by today’s Hollywood standards.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

The film sticks closely to classic noir and screwball comedy tropes, focusing on wit, character interplay, and plot, not identity politics. There’s no hint of forced representation or superficial character elevation based on modern ideological boxes, imagine that!

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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What is this?

Set in the 1940s, the film largely reproduces the period’s social dynamics and values. Traditional gender roles are played for romance and comic banter, not deconstruction. Religion, family, and cultural traditions aren’t mocked or reinterpreted, it’s refreshingly unbothered by revisionist impulses.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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What is this?

The film doesn’t soapbox; it’s about mystery, hypnosis, and quick-fire bickering, not pushing a modern social agenda. No clear-cut villains based on outdated worldviews, everyone’s more interested in cracking wise than cracking the patriarchy.

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