10.5 (2004) | How Woke Is It?

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10.52004

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What We Think

A product of its time, "10.5" is non-woke comfort food for disaster movie fans. Identity politics take a backseat to earthquakes and emergency rescues, no forced representation, no ideological monologues, just old-school suspense and chaos.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

"10.5" is your classic early-2000s disaster miniseries, focused almost entirely on spectacle and survival rather than checking identity boxes. Characters are cast more for plot function than diversity points, and their backgrounds aren’t front and center. There’s no obvious prioritization of modern identity themes over story or realism.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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The show doesn’t really go out of its way to deride family, faith, or traditional masculinity, most cast embody archetypal roles you’d expect in a disaster scenario. There isn’t any big effort to subvert gender roles or rewrite core traditions, just standard drama and heroics.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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There’s no heavy-handed messaging or obvious targeting of alternative viewpoints. "10.5" is refreshingly unconcerned with modern ideological uniformity or villainizing traditional perspectives. The only villains here are crumbling fault lines, not cartoon caricatures of opposing worldviews.

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