What Just Happened (2008) | How Woke Is It?

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What Just Happened2008

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What We Think

‘What Just Happened’ is about as non-woke as modern films come. It lampoons Hollywood without shoehorning in identity politics, keeps traditional institutions out of the firing line, and avoids ideological lecturing. Good, old-school satire, nothing more, nothing less.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

'What Just Happened' is a satirical drama about Hollywood's inner workings, with character focus driven by personality and circumstance, not identity. There’s little evidence of forced representation; casting choices reflect realism within the film industry setting. Narrative remains largely intact, not sacrificed for ideology.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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What is this?

The film's critique stays mostly within Hollywood and the film business, steering clear of overt commentary on religion, traditional family, or masculinity. Any jabs at culture relate to showbiz absurdity rather than broader cultural subversion. It doesn’t appear to undermine core cultural foundations.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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What is this?

Satire targets Hollywood’s own eccentricities rather than pushing a discernibly narrow ideological message. Traditional or dissenting views aren’t villainized, if anything, the chaos is universal. There’s no lockstep moral preaching, just mockery of the film world’s quirks.

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