We Have Always Lived in the Castle (2019) | How Woke Is It?

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We Have Always Lived in the Castle2019

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What We Think

'We Have Always Lived in the Castle' is a refreshingly non-woke adaptation, more interested in gothic storytelling and psychological depth than scoring modern ideological points. Even Hollywood can still pull this off, apparently.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

This film largely remains faithful to Shirley Jackson’s original novel, with character dynamics and development grounded in personality and circumstance rather than identity politics. Forced representation or ideological box-checking is essentially absent.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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What is this?

Traditional family, religion, masculinity, and morality themes are explored in a nuanced, non-revisionist way. The film engages with these concepts without mocking or undermining them for the sake of contemporary ideology.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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What is this?

The story allows for complexity, ambiguity, and tension among characters without reducing dissenting or traditional perspectives to caricature. There’s little evidence of a forced ideological consensus.

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