What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012) | How Woke Is It?

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What to Expect When You're Expecting2012

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What We Think

"What to Expect When You’re Expecting" is a relatively non-woke, middle-of-the-road Hollywood ensemble comedy. It mostly reinforces traditional family values, with some modern touches, and keeps ideological messaging light and secondary to the story.

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Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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The film focuses on a variety of couples experiencing pregnancy, featuring some representation but mainly sticking to traditional comedic tropes. There isn’t a strong sense that characters are written purely based on identity factors, and the narrative largely follows standard rom-com structures. Character arcs revolve around relatable emotional beats, not overt ideology.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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While the film does have a handful of jokes poking fun at traditional masculinity (the “dudes’ group”), it mostly reinforces family and relationship values. There isn’t much subversion of traditional roles; if anything, it plays up standard expectations, with humor rather than disdain for institutions like marriage or fatherhood.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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There’s a slight tendency to poke fun at more traditional perspectives, but overall, the film presents a mix of personalities and viewpoints. Most of the characters' attitudes toward family and relationships remain conventional, and dissent is presented more for comic relief than as strawman villainy.

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