The Lobster (2015) | How Woke Is It?

Our VerdictNot Woke

15%

The Lobster2015

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What We Think

The Lobster is too strange and satirical to be labeled as woke. Its focus is on lampooning social customs, not on ideological virtue-signaling. If you’re tired of Hollywood’s identity obsessions, this film is actually a breath of weird, non-woke air.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

Not Woke

What is this?

The Lobster is more of an absurdist satire than a vessel for woke ideology. Its narrative stays focused on themes of loneliness and relationships without forced identity politics or shoehorned representation. Character traits are based on narrative function, not tokenism.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

Mildly Woke

What is this?

While the film pokes fun at social norms surrounding relationships, it doesn’t appear intent on subverting family, morality, or religion. The satire targets bureaucracy and conformity, not traditional values per se.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

Not Woke

What is this?

There’s little evidence of ideological monoculture here. The film is cynical toward all societal pressures, and no particular worldview is pushed as superior. Dissent and bleak absurdity dominate instead of moralizing.

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