The Greatest Showman (2017) | How Woke Is It?

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The Greatest Showman2017

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“The Greatest Showman” is no circus of subtlety: it puts inclusion and modern ideals in the spotlight, brushing past deeper tradition and nuance in favor of feel-good spectacle. Not the wokest film out there, but definitely dancing to a modern tune.

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Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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The film spotlights outcasts and celebrates diversity, often emphasizing identity over individual backgrounds or development. While the spectacle and music take center stage, some story beats lean heavily on modern perspectives about inclusion, sometimes at the cost of deeper character nuance.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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Traditional family and ambition are key themes, but the film glamorizes breaking social conventions and subtly critiques old-fashioned values as stifling or bigoted. Gender roles and class distinctions are reimagined with a clear modern lens.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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While dissent exists in the form of prejudiced townspeople, those perspectives are painted almost entirely as antagonistic or ignorant, lacking credible nuance or motivation. The core cast quickly converges around themes of acceptance with little debate.

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