Valmont (1989) | How Woke Is It?

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Valmont is practically a fossilized relic of pre-woke cinema, focused on story and character rather than modern ideological checkboxes. No forced representation, virtue signaling, or heavy-handed revisionism found here.

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Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

Valmont hews closely to its source material, emphasizing character depth, moral ambiguity, and personal motivations, rather than pushing any overt modern ideology. Casting choices focus on realism and period appropriateness, rather than identity factors.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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Traditional themes of family, religion, masculinity, and morality are fully present, true to 18th-century France. The film portrays flaws in all characters but doesn't mock or undermine cultural foundations, if anything, it exposes the consequences of violating them.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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Valmont, rooted in pre-revolutionary France, includes a diverse set of moral perspectives: virtue, vice, tradition, and rebellion each get attention. There's no push for a uniform modern worldview, and dissenting voices are depicted with nuance, not as caricatures.

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