Where the Buffalo Roam (1980) | How Woke Is It?

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Where the Buffalo Roam1980

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What We Think

Where the Buffalo Roam is a product of its wild, irreverent era, more concerned with mocking authority and celebrating chaos than with today's identity-driven wokeness. Almost entirely non-woke by modern Hollywood standards.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

The film focuses on the eccentricities of Hunter S. Thompson without inserting modern identity politics or forced representation. Characters are built around their quirks and the absurdity of the 1970s, not around diversity checklists. Narrative choices serve comedic and biographical intent, rather than current ideological trends.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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While irreverent toward authority and conventional morality, the film's subversion is more countercultural and satirical than driven by today's ideological agendas. Traditional family and moral values aren't systematically ridiculed; it pokes fun at the establishment broadly as was typical for the era.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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What is this?

The film lampoons government and authority figures, but not in a way that's pushing a 2020s-style ideological monoculture. There is no overt demonization of alternative viewpoints; most characters are presented as flawed, goofy individuals instead of morality plays.

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