Return to the Planet of the Apes (1975) | How Woke Is It?

Our VerdictNot Woke

15%

Return to the Planet of the Apes1975

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What We Think

'Return to the Planet of the Apes' is about as non-woke as you can get, sticking to adventure and allegory without the baggage of today's ideological themes. A classic example of old-school, pre-woke entertainment.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

Not Woke

What is this?

'Return to the Planet of the Apes' mostly tells a straightforward adventure story, with very little focus on modern identity politics or prioritizing characters' traits over their roles. Casting and character arcs appear in line with the era's storytelling, and no characters stand out as ideology-first insertions.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

Not Woke

What is this?

The show, typical of its time, doesn't go out of its way to undermine family, religion, or traditional gender roles. If anything, it sticks to adventure tropes, with some light critique of authority, hardly the stuff of modern 'woke' reinterpretation.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

Mildly Woke

What is this?

While it does present apes as the dominant culture and humans as oppressed, this is framed as classic sci-fi allegory rather than a modern ideological statement. There's no heavy-handed mocking of traditional views, just the usual speculative fiction fare.

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