Better Things (2016) | How Woke Is It?

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Better Things2016

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What We Think

“Better Things” strongly embraces modern progressive values, often at the expense of tradition and ideological diversity. Expect high doses of identity-driven storytelling and little sympathy for tradition-minded perspectives.

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Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

“Better Things” puts identity and motherhood center stage, often making its main character’s experience as a single mom the lens for all narrative choices. While character work is strong, the overt focus on themes like gender roles means ideology is often prioritized over organic storytelling.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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The show frequently subverts traditional family and gender roles, painting men as secondary or flawed, and elevating the lead’s unorthodox parenting. Cultural foundations like traditional masculinity and family structures are mostly sidelined or questioned, in favor of more progressive norms.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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Alternative perspectives—such as more traditional viewpoints on family and gender—are rarely explored in depth, and when present, are usually the butt of jokes or portrayed unsympathetically. The moral universe of the show falls squarely within progressive, modern assumptions.

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