Woman of the Year (1942) | How Woke Is It?

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Woman of the Year1942

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What We Think

"Woman of the Year" is hardly a woke film by modern standards, emphasizing character and family over ideology. If anything, it’s a reminder of Hollywood’s more balanced storytelling from another era.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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The film centers on realistic character conflict between a successful career woman and her more traditional husband, keeping personal strengths and flaws equally distributed. The narrative prioritizes character and relationship over ideology, and avoids reducing roles to just identity markers.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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While the film does spotlight an ambitious woman, it ultimately reaffirms traditional marriage and gender roles. The story leans into cultural and familial values more than subverting them, especially given how the woman's careerism is gently critiqued.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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The movie allows room for both progressive and traditional viewpoints, favoring compromise and self-discovery. There isn’t a sense of ideological uniformity; both leads are challenged on their perspectives.

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