The Strange Thing About the Johnsons (2011) | How Woke Is It?

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22%

The Strange Thing About the Johnsons2011

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What We Think

While intentionally shocking and controversial, The Strange Thing About the Johnsons sidesteps most of the usual woke tropes. The film instead focuses on taboos and psychological horror without heavy-handed messaging, though its treatment of family dynamics is certainly bleak and provocative.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

The film delivers a deeply disturbing narrative but, remarkably, does not sacrifice story for social commentary or fashionable ideology. Instead, it keeps its focus on shocking taboo and dysfunction purely for dramatic effect, not as a vehicle for enforced representation or political messaging.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

Woke

What is this?

The film portrays the family unit in an extremely negative, fractured light. While not necessarily ideological, it certainly undermines the conventional vision of a wholesome family, opting for sensationalism over any reverence for tradition or cultural norms.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

Not Woke

What is this?

There’s little evidence of overt ideological preaching or uniformity here. The film is far more interested in challenging boundaries of taste and storytelling; it doesn’t spend time promoting or attacking modern social issues openly.

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