Paper Girls (2022) | How Woke Is It?

Our VerdictHyper Woke

91%

Paper Girls2022

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What We Think

'Paper Girls' checks nearly every box on the woke checklist: heavy-handed identity focus, revisionist takes on traditional values, and barely a whiff of ideological diversity. For those weary of Hollywood’s ideological echo chamber, it’s about as woke as it gets.

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Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

In our view, 'Paper Girls' often places identity front and center, race, sexuality, and gender become key character traits. The focus on diverse representation occasionally overshadows organic character development, and at times, the girls feel defined more by what boxes they check than by genuine personalities or arcs.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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This show leans into revisionist territory, treating familiar cultural values, family, tradition, even adolescence itself, with a sort of detached irony. Masculinity is mostly sidelined or lampooned, and there's a clear preference for subverting expected gender roles.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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Alternative worldviews barely have a seat at the table. Dissenting voices are rare and when present, they're mostly caricatured as obstacles or relics. The main cast all align neatly with modern social assumptions, with very little debate or disagreement.

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