The Good Boss (2021) | How Woke Is It?

Our VerdictNot Woke

18%

The Good Boss2021

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What We Think

In our view, The Good Boss plays it pretty safe on the 'woke' meter. Its focus is on satirizing workplace antics rather than pushing any heavy-handed social agendas or trying to rewrite tradition. For non-woke viewers, it’s about as inoffensive as contemporary satire gets.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

Not Woke

What is this?

The Good Boss is a satirical dark comedy with its priorities firmly set on character-driven storytelling rather than diversity box-ticking. Characters are cast for fit and realism. There’s little sign of forced representation, and the film focuses on flawed, interesting people rather than overcorrecting with flawless heroes.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

Mildly Woke

What is this?

While it critiques corporate and social power, the film doesn’t aggressively go after traditional values like family, religion, or masculinity. Most of the tension is rooted in workplace dynamics, not a direct attack on cultural foundations. If anything, it pokes fun at modern managerial culture, not tradition.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

Mildly Woke

What is this?

The film’s critique is aimed at corporate hypocrisy rather than pushing a unified activist ideology. No clear villainization of dissenting perspectives; instead, it offers a cynical look at universal human flaws in business. If there’s a monoculture, it’s one of corporate satire, not identity.

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