About Time (2018) | How Woke Is It?

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About Time2018

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What We Think

About Time is refreshingly non-woke, sticking to classic romantic storytelling and respecting cultural foundations without shoehorning in modern ideological themes. A rare gem for viewers tired of Hollywood’s latest identity fixations.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

About Time centers on a traditional romance with a supernatural twist, maintaining character depth and honest storytelling over box-checking for representation or ideology. Characters are driven by their personalities and circumstances, not by their identity categories, so the narrative remains largely intact and grounded.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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What is this?

Family, love, sacrifice, and traditional relationships are central in this series. There’s no real attempt to undermine religion or cultural norms. Masculinity and femininity are portrayed in fairly standard ways, respecting Korean cultural values and not deliberately subverted for modern messaging.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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What is this?

Alternative worldviews aren’t mocked; the show simply doesn’t focus on culture war themes at all. Characters hold a variety of perspectives on love and fate, with internal conflicts rooted in personal experience rather than a political agenda.

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