The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019) | How Woke Is It?

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The Secret Life of Pets 22019

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What We Think

The Secret Life of Pets 2 keeps things refreshingly non-woke, favoring classic slapstick and light-hearted fun over social engineering. It’s the sort of movie where the biggest crisis is a lost toy, not the patriarchy.

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Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

The film focuses on silly animal antics, doesn't dwell on identity politics, and casts its characters based on personality over ideology. No one is shoehorned in for the sake of diversity quotas, and the story doesn't pause for social lectures.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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What is this?

Traditional family values (even among pets!) are gently celebrated, with some light ribbing of certain roles, but nothing egregiously subversive. Masculinity is portrayed with humor, not mockery. The movie generally leans on mainstream, classic archetypes and avoids overt cultural revisionism.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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The film doesn't preach modern political dogma or silence alternative views, mainly because, let’s be honest, the pets are more interested in squirrels than virtue signaling. No real ideological steamroller here.

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