Virtuosity (1995) | How Woke Is It?

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Virtuosity1995

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What We Think

Virtuosity is about as non-woke as you’ll find from Hollywood, even by 90s standards. It keeps its focus on fun, action, and wild sci-fi, with very little that would tick off today’s identity or ideology boxes. A film that lets the story lead and leaves the virtue signaling at the door.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

Virtuosity places narrative and entertainment front and center, with casting and characters largely chosen for fitting the story, not for meeting diversity quotas. Denzel Washington's casting feels organic, and his character is defined by competence and pain, rather than identity points.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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What is this?

The film doesn’t take particular aim at tradition, religion, gender, or family. Masculinity is presented in a standard 90s action-movie fashion, and the story sticks to classic sci-fi crime thriller tropes without lecturing or deconstructing societal foundations.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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What is this?

Virtuosity doesn't villainize traditional values or make caricatures out of dissenting perspectives. The plot is focused on action and the sci-fi premise, not on promoting a particular ideology or moral uniformity. It’s refreshingly pluralistic for its time.

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