McDonald & Dodds (2020) | How Woke Is It?

Our VerdictMildly Woke

35%

McDonald & Dodds2020

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What We Think

While "McDonald & Dodds" includes typical modern casting and some light role reversals, it remains mostly focused on classic detective storytelling. The woke aspects are present but not overwhelming, so traditional viewers may raise an eyebrow rather than roll their eyes.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

Mildly Woke

What is this?

"McDonald & Dodds" remains largely focused on character-driven mysteries rather than checking identity boxes. The main duo pair a black female detective with a white male, but both are given personalities and allow for genuine interplay. Forced representation is present but doesn’t feel overly dominant or at the expense of storytelling.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

Woke

What is this?

There’s some gentle ribbing of traditional roles, especially with the ambitious female lead and the more old-fashioned Dodds. However, family, morality, and social order aren’t dismissed outright, the tone is light, not antagonistic, toward these concepts. Any subversion is mild and mostly for comedic effect.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

Mildly Woke

What is this?

The show doesn’t overtly ridicule alternative views, and villains aren’t simplistic straw men of dissenting perspectives. Some modern assumptions are present in the police dynamic, but ideological uniformity isn’t hammered home. There’s actual dialogue and difference of approach between the leads, reflecting some diversity of outlook.

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