Living Biblically (2018) | How Woke Is It?

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Living Biblically2018

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What We Think

"Living Biblically" offers a blend of gentle mockery and sitcom-style hijinks centered around faith. While not egregiously 'woke', it treats religion more as a comedic device than a serious cultural pillar. It flirts with some modern TV trends, but stops well short of the full Hollywood woke parade. Decent effort, but the reverence for religious tradition is mostly for laughs.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

Mildly Woke

What is this?

While "Living Biblically" features some nods to modern sensibilities, it largely centers on a male lead genuinely attempting to follow the Bible. Characters are built around personality traits and comedic situations rather than ticking diversity quotas. Some 'quirky friend' tropes appear, but forced representation is kept relatively mild compared to more overtly woke shows.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

Woke

What is this?

The show tends to poke fun at religious practice, often making sincere faith a source of comedy or framing it as naïve. While it doesn't reach aggressively subversive levels, traditional morality and religious conviction are treated with a wink and a nudge rather than genuine respect, which undermines cultural foundations to a moderate degree.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

Woke

What is this?

The perspective presented is largely secular, and the religious characters are a bit cartoonish or out of step with modern values. There isn’t much sincere debate about faith, just hijinks and gentle ribbing. Alternative, more traditional worldviews are not villainized but played for laughs, making for a somewhat uniform ideological approach, though not entirely devoid of nuance.

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