The Emoji Movie (2017) | How Woke Is It?

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The Emoji Movie2017

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What We Think

The Emoji Movie is more of a corporate cash grab than a woke manifesto. While insipid and commercial, it avoids overt ideological preaching or forced representation. Its greatest offense is to storytelling, not cultural tradition.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

The Emoji Movie's story is bland and uninspired, but it doesn’t appear to push identity-based casting or overt 'diversity for diversity’s sake.' Characters are ciphers, but not forced ideological ones. The film’s issues stem more from lack of creativity than so-called wokeness.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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There’s little effort here to undermine traditional values, families, or cultures. If anything, cultural depth is missing altogether. Themes are generic (be yourself, fit in/out), and there’s no ideological attempt to subvert religion, family, or history. Mostly just empty pop-culture references.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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The film doesn’t promote an ideological monoculture, unless you count relentless consumerism and smartphone obsession. There are no attacks on tradition, alternative viewpoints, or overt political messaging. All worldviews (if any) are shallow and commercial.

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