Dead Rising (2006) | How Woke Is It?

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Dead Rising2006

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What We Think

Dead Rising is more interested in mowing down zombies with lawnmowers than engaging in ideological storytelling. It’s about classic action, campy humor, and wild survival, with virtually no trace of modern 'woke' themes.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

Dead Rising focuses on quirky zombie outbreak survival, not modern ideological themes. The protagonist, Frank West, is a classic, flawed, tough journalist. Diversity for the sake of it or identity-first character writing just isn’t present. It’s more concerned with outrageous zombie-slaying than ticking off any representation checklists.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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Family, masculinity, and heroism are depicted without mockery: Frank’s got tough-guy energy, and there’s no overt subversion of gender roles or religious ridicule. Traditional values aren’t a focus, but they aren’t undermined or pathologized, either. Cultural revisionism is nowhere to be found.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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What is this?

No sign of ideological monoculture here. Characters and antagonists are motivated by survival, greed, or desperation, not modern ideological divides. The game’s sense of humor is irreverent, poking at zombie movie tropes rather than pushing modern values. Alternative perspectives simply aren’t relevant to the core story.

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