The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) | How Woke Is It?

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The Incredible Shrinking Man1957

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What We Think

One of Hollywood’s least woke films. Rather than virtue signaling, The Incredible Shrinking Man focuses on individual struggle and classic values, making it a refreshing artifact from a far less ideological era.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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The film keeps its focus on character, suspense, and existential themes rather than ticking identity boxes. There’s no sense that casting, character arcs, or dilemmas were warped for modern ideological aims. If anything, it’s the textbook example of narrative integrity from a pre-woke era.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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Traditional gender roles, marriage, and personal responsibility are depicted without irony. Faith, family, and masculinity aren’t undermined, if anything, masculinity is tested and affirmed through adversity. There’s no attempt to rewrite classic cultural norms or values here.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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Dissent, conflict, and existential wrestling are handled as classic human struggles, not political footballs. There’s no obvious ideological uniformity or villainization of traditional perspectives, this is just an honest story about coping when life throws you the ultimate curveball.

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