The Swarm (2021) | How Woke Is It?

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20%

The Swarm2021

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What We Think

“The Swarm” is relatively restrained by modern standards. While it features a female lead, it doesn’t hijack the narrative for woke messaging. Horror and character difficulties drive the plot, so it scores low on the woke scale, refreshing, even if a bit bleak.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

In “The Swarm,” narrative integrity remains mostly intact. The film’s lead is a struggling single mother, but her identity isn’t overly emphasized to push an agenda. The story is more focused on horror and personal survival than ideological messaging, with character development grounded in the narrative.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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The film lightly subverts traditional family roles through its single mother protagonist, but doesn’t aggressively attack family, religion, or gender norms. There’s little sign of overt cultural revisionism, just a modern depiction of hardship. Masculinity isn’t especially mocked, but it isn’t championed either.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

Mildly Woke

What is this?

There’s no heavy-handed ideological monoculture here. Alternative perspectives aren’t villainized; the focus remains on the main character’s struggle. The film avoids ideological preaching and instead delivers a classic survival horror without lecturing the audience.

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