Goosebumps (2023) | How Woke Is It?

Our VerdictHyper Woke

84%

Goosebumps2023

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What We Think

Goosebumps (2023) dials up its woke credentials with diverse casting, identity-driven drama, and a sanitized, modern moral landscape. If you’re hunting old-school thrills, brace yourself for a lesson in conformity.

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Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

Goosebumps (2023) leans heavily into contemporary identity-driven storytelling. Diverse characters are front and center, with their identity markers playing a prominent role, sometimes at the expense of more organic character development. Some moments come across as checking boxes, rather than serving the narrative’s tension and world-building.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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There’s a clear effort to update the setting for modern sensibilities, with traditional family dynamics and parental figures often sidelined or ineffectual. The show downplays conventional morality and authority, with teen drama and identity exploration stepping into the spotlight instead.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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Alternative viewpoints are practically non-existent. The main characters share similar, fashionable moral perspectives, leaving little room for traditional or dissenting voices except as strawmen for easy criticism. It’s a parade of consensus on all the latest cultural talking points.

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