The Secret of My Success (1987) | How Woke Is It?

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The Secret of My Success1987

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What We Think

‘The Secret of My Success’ is about as non-woke as 1980s Hollywood gets. It embraces classic merit-based storytelling, traditional gender dynamics, and avoids contemporary ideological messaging. Expect good old-fashioned corporate ladder climbing and romance, not weighty “woke” themes.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

‘The Secret of My Success’ focuses on merit, hard work, and cleverness rather than identity politics. Character traits are driven by personality and ambition, not by modern ideological themes. Casting reflects the time: mostly white and traditional, with roles determined by the story’s corporate and romantic hijinks rather than social agendas.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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Traditional values around ambition, romance, and the work ethic are front and center. Family, gender roles, and masculinity are generally respected, albeit within the humorous context of a 1980s corporate comedy. There’s no real attempt to subvert these foundations or subject them to contemporary critique.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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The film doesn’t push a single worldview or mock alternative values. Diverse perspectives aren’t really the focus, but what’s shown reflects mainstream attitudes of its era. No modern-style ideological homogeneity or forced moral lessons about identity here.

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