The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991) | How Woke Is It? | Woke Patrol

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The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear1991

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What We Think

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear is about as non-woke as mainstream comedy gets, concerned more with slapstick and sight gags than with any modern social messaging. It’s refreshingly free of forced representation, narrative sacrifice, or ideological conformity.

Score Breakdown

5

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

This film is a classic slapstick comedy that focuses on ridiculous situations and physical humor rather than pushing any particular message or ideology. Casting and character arcs serve the parody narrative, with little attention on identity politics. In our view, narrative isn’t compromised for modern ideological reasons.

0

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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There’s no evidence of the film ridiculing traditional values, masculinity, or family. If anything, it affectionately parodies authority and relationships in a tongue-in-cheek way typical of its era, with no cultural revisionism or subverting of gender roles for ideological purposes.

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Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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What is this?

The movie is largely apolitical, poking fun at anyone and everyone. There’s no overt messaging, no mockery of dissenting worldviews, and no ideological lecturing, just a barrage of goofy gags and classic satire. Alternative perspectives aren’t excluded or villainized; they aren’t the focus at all.

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