Gravity Falls Shorts (2013) | How Woke Is It?

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Gravity Falls Shorts2013

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What We Think

Gravity Falls Shorts is refreshingly non-woke. Identity and ideology rarely take center stage, allowing humor and adventure to carry the day. If only more modern shows followed this playful, story-driven formula.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

Gravity Falls Shorts focuses on quirky humor, supernatural hijinks, and character-driven gags. Identity traits rarely overshadow personality or story, and narrative integrity is generally preserved. Forced representation or hyper-competency is nonexistent. In short: Story first, politics barely present.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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Traditional values like family and friendship are reinforced rather than undermined. Masculinity and femininity are treated with a playful, balanced approach, and there’s no detectable agenda to subvert or revise cultural foundations. It’s mostly good-natured parody mixed with nostalgia.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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The shorts embrace weirdness and diversity of thought, with characters frequently butting heads, disagreeing, and poking fun at each other’s quirks. No dominant ideology drowns out other viewpoints, and there’s little to no caricaturing of more traditional perspectives.

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