The Hairdresser's Husband (1990) | How Woke Is It?

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The Hairdresser's Husband1990

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What We Think

A refreshingly non-woke relic. The Hairdresser’s Husband is oddball, intimate, and blissfully free of modern ideological baggage. If you want a film totally uninterested in checking any of today’s boxes, this is your pick.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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The film is a product of its time, before diversity quotas were the norm. Characters are driven by quirky personalities and genuine emotion rather than contemporary identity politics. There’s little sense of narrative being twisted for ideological purposes.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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Themes focus on personal obsession and unconventional love, but don't aggressively critique family, religion, or traditional gender roles. Masculinity isn’t vilified, nor is femininity unrealistically elevated. The grounded portrayal of flawed romance feels decidedly non-woke.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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There’s no obvious agenda, and the eccentricity of characters stands out more than any political or cultural conformity. The film’s worldview is more idiosyncratic than ideological, with no clear glorification or mockery of traditional or modern values.

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