Catch-22 (2019) | How Woke Is It?

Our VerdictNot Woke

20%

Catch-222019

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What We Think

Catch-22 lands as refreshingly non-woke by modern standards. The show puts narrative, satire, and character absurdity first, not token representation or political sermons. It's more anti-bureaucracy than anti-tradition, wry, not woke.

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Compromised:Narrative Integrity

Not Woke

What is this?

Catch-22 largely respects narrative integrity, focusing on satire, absurdity, and individual experience over ham-fisted identity politics. Casting aligns with the WWII setting, and the storytelling prioritizes character flaws and personal arcs, not ideological box-ticking.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

Mildly Woke

What is this?

The show satirizes war, military leadership, and bureaucracy, not necessarily traditional values. While cynicism about institutions is present, it doesn't take deliberate aim at religion, family, or masculinity; these are just exposed to the book's classic absurdist lens.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

Mildly Woke

What is this?

Alternative worldviews, resistance, conformity, madness, are all given space, with characters and ideas clashing in darkly comic ways. The show doesn't mock or villainize 'traditional' perspectives, but treats all types as absurd or flawed, in line with the novel.

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