The Wonder (2022) | How Woke Is It?

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27%

The Wonder2022

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What We Think

While The Wonder critiques some traditional norms, it keeps its feet rooted in the story’s setting and offers more character-driven drama than ideological preaching. It’s a rare example these days: more atmospheric period piece than soapbox, with just a touch of modern sensibility.

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Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

The Wonder mostly prioritizes atmospheric storytelling and explores genuine moral conflict. Diverse casting choices are present, but these do not dominate the plot or overshadow character development. The main character’s complexities and period-appropriate struggles are at the forefront rather than modern identity politics.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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The film features some critique of religious and traditional norms, but it does so through the lens of the story’s time period rather than overt, modern ideology. It explores faith, superstition, and family in a nuanced, not outright derisive, manner, so cultural foundations are challenged but not aggressively undermined.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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Although there is skepticism toward religious authority, the film avoids monolithic villainization of tradition. Alternative viewpoints, faith, skepticism, duty, are presented with some degree of complexity, sidestepping full-blown modern ideological conformity.

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