The Protégé (2021) | How Woke Is It?

Our VerdictMildly Woke

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The Protégé2021

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What We Think

The Protégé offers a female lead in an action-heavy role without aggressively prioritizing ideology over entertainment. With its focus on genre elements and character work over box-ticking, it largely avoids major woke pitfalls, scoring low on the overall woke scale.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

The Protégé features a female assassin lead, but this isn’t done at the expense of the story. The main character, though highly competent, is given motivation, flaws, and vulnerability, avoiding the standard “invincible” treatment. Casting appears to serve the action-thriller genre first, rather than an overt checklist approach.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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What is this?

While the film puts a woman in traditionally masculine roles, it doesn’t go out of its way to undermine family values, religion, or morality. The film focuses on action and revenge tropes that have long been staples in non-woke cinema, albeit with a gender-flipped lead.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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What is this?

Alternative worldviews are not overtly mocked or villainized. The film stays mostly apolitical, steering clear from lecture-heavy content. Most characters are given reasonable motivations, and the conflict isn’t centered on modern ideological issues, but personal revenge and justice.

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