Surviving Summer (2022) | How Woke Is It?

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65%

Surviving Summer2022

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What We Think

Surviving Summer brings in a dash of modern wokeness with its cast and themes but doesn't hammer viewers with overt ideology. It lands in the mid-high range for woke content; not egregious, but certainly of its era.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

Surviving Summer features a diverse cast and touches on some contemporary teen issues, but character development is fairly balanced. While identity is highlighted at times, the show still gives attention to skill, passion, and surf culture, avoiding the worst excesses of forced representation or flawless characters.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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The show explores personal growth and relationships rather than overtly undermining core cultural values. Traditional family and friendship dynamics are present, but masculinity and authority figures can be depicted as flawed or secondary, which may strike some as subtly subversive.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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What is this?

Alternative worldviews aren't aggressively mocked, but the show does lean strongly into modern, progressive teen culture without much ideological diversity. There isn't much meaningful debate or internal conflict about contemporary issues.

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