The Faculty (1998) | How Woke Is It?

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The Faculty1998

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What We Think

For a late-90s teen sci-fi movie, The Faculty is refreshingly non-woke. It puts story and fun first, keeps its characters entertaining without ideological soapboxing, and doesn’t try to make any grand social statements.

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Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

The Faculty mostly prioritizes plot over identity politics. The characters are diverse in stereotype (jock, nerd, goth, etc.), but this serves the narrative rather than an agenda. Casting and character development revolve around traditional high school archetypes, with little forced diversity.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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What is this?

While it does poke a bit of fun at authority figures and high school cliques, The Faculty doesn't attack traditional values in any meaningful way. Family, religion, and masculinity aren't pathologized or systematically undermined. It’s more interested in alien invasion than rewriting any cultural foundations.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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What is this?

There is no overt ideological messaging here. Differences between characters are played for drama and camaraderie, not for pushing a particular modern worldview. Alternative viewpoints and personalities are given fair shake, and there’s no sense of enforced groupthink.

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