Tulip Fever (2017) | How Woke Is It?

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Tulip Fever2017

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What We Think

Tulip Fever is about as non-woke as you can hope for in a 2017 release, focused on personal drama and historical mishaps, not modern ideology. This is one period piece that lets the 17th century be the 17th century.

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Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

Tulip Fever mostly emphasizes romance, intrigue, and the historical setting rather than prioritizing identity politics. Characters' actions and arcs are motivated by personal and period-appropriate concerns, not modern ideological imperatives. It appears that representation is organic to the story's Dutch Golden Age context.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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The film doesn't overtly undermine institutions like religion, family, or masculinity. Traditional dynamics (marriage, faith, commerce) are depicted as part of the setting. While there is an element of romantic rebellion, it's grounded in classic period melodrama rather than modern ideology.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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What is this?

Tulip Fever doesn't appear to push a modern ideological monoculture. Characters represent diverse motives and worldviews without obvious caricature or moralizing through a contemporary lens. Some viewers might even find its perspective refreshingly apolitical by today's standards.

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