Nick Swardson's Pretend Time (2010) | How Woke Is It?

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Nick Swardson's Pretend Time2010

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What We Think

'Nick Swardson's Pretend Time' is hardly woke by modern standards. It’s offensive, juvenile, and makes fun of everyone indiscriminately, without pushing any clear social agenda. If anything, its humor would rile up today’s woke censors long before causing offense to the non-woke crowd.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

Not Woke

What is this?

The series focuses on irreverent, offensive, and absurd sketch comedy rather than shoehorning modern political or identity themes. Character choices are driven by comedic potential, not an obvious push for forced representation or identity-first casting. Narrative is loose, but not in the service of ideology.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

Not Woke

What is this?

'Pretend Time' revels in mocking everything, including traditional values, but this is done through a broad, non-ideological lens. It's more crude than agenda-driven, poking fun at all sides without turning moral or cultural issues into explicit targets for revisionism.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

Not Woke

What is this?

The show lampoons pretty much everyone, showing little sign of ideological uniformity or villainizing only traditional worldviews. Satire is distributed across all types of characters and situations, rarely adopting a single doctrinaire stance.

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