Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle (2009) | How Woke Is It?

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23%

Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle2009

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What We Think

Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle has a distinct left-leaning comedic voice but doesn’t seriously compromise narrative integrity or fully undermine cultural foundations. It’s not immune to ideological monoculture, but it’s more about satire than activism.

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Compromised:Narrative Integrity

Not Woke

What is this?

Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle is a stand-up-based show, focusing on Lee's personal comedic voice, wit, and observational humor. The show isn't character-driven or reliant on casting choices for diversity's sake. With minimal narrative structure and a focus on satirical monologues, there’s little evidence of narrative being sacrificed for ideology.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

Mildly Woke

What is this?

While Stewart Lee often lampoons aspects of British culture, tradition, and politics, it’s generally tongue-in-cheek and irrationally self-aware. Family, religion, and masculinity may be joked about, but not truly subverted on a fundamental level or dismissed outright. The tone is more bemused than crusading.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

Woke

What is this?

The show leans heavily into left-leaning satire, often making jokes at the expense of traditional or non-woke perspectives, sometimes mocking them outright. There’s little serious representation of dissenting views, but the sardonic tone is aimed more at self-deprecation than pure ideology enforcement.

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