Comrade Detective (2017) | How Woke Is It?

Our VerdictNot Woke

20%

Comrade Detective2017

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What We Think

Comrade Detective is satire first, ideology second. It draws laughs from dated (and sometimes absurd) Cold War propaganda without strong modern woke messaging. While it parodies stereotypes and worldviews, it doesn’t earn high marks on the woke-o-meter; it’s too busy being over-the-top ridiculous.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

Not Woke

What is this?

Comrade Detective is a parody of Cold War-era Romanian propaganda and leans heavily into satire without sacrificing narrative coherence for ideology. Characters are archetypes, but that's largely in service of lampooning old propaganda techniques, not modern identity-driven casting.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

Mildly Woke

What is this?

The show pokes fun at both communist and capitalist ideologies, but it does so with an equal-opportunity mockery that's more interested in absurdity than undermining tradition or family. Masculinity, religion, and culture are all exaggerated for comedic effect, not ideological subversion.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

Mildly Woke

What is this?

While the show lampoons Western and traditional values, it does so satirically, not in a straightforwardly ideological way. Both sides of the cultural divide are mocked, avoiding a purely 'woke' perspective or a singular worldview.

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