The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009) | How Woke Is It?

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The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard2009

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What We Think

'The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard' is the antithesis of a woke film, irreverent, un-PC, and (sometimes painfully) edgy. For those tired of modern Hollywood’s ideological checklist, this is more of a throwback to comedy’s wild west, for better or worse.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

Not Woke

What is this?

This film is far from woke by modern standards. Characters are written for comedic value rather than as vessels for ideological points. Identity factors barely register, if anything, the movie relies on outdated, edgy humor and broad stereotypes for its gags.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

Not Woke

What is this?

The film pokes fun at everyone and everything, but it doesn't single out traditional values for special ridicule. Masculinity, family, and irreverence are treated as punchlines, but not in a particularly ideological way, it's more classic irreverent comedy than cultural subversion.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

Not Woke

What is this?

If anything, this movie would offend present-day woke sensibilities. There’s no clear ideological agenda, and diverse viewpoints are played for laughs rather than being uniformly demonized or valorized. It’s more chaotic than agenda-driven.

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