The Cisco Kid (1950) | How Woke Is It?

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The Cisco Kid1950

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What We Think

‘The Cisco Kid’ is about as non-woke as television gets, a traditional Western with simple morals, classic heroics, and no modern ideology in sight. Hollywood of today could learn a thing or two!

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

The Cisco Kid sticks to classic Western storytelling, focusing more on personality and skill than identity-driven narrative choices. There’s no sign of forced representation or modern ideological intrusions, just cowboy adventures. If anything, some stereotypes of the era might show up, but there’s no deviation for ideological agendas by today’s standards.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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Family, friendship, and traditional masculine virtues are all front and center. Morality is clear-cut, with good versus bad and zero mockery of heritage, religion, or traditional family values. It’s pretty much a time capsule of American values as they were seen in the 1950s.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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Alternative viewpoints are present in the classic Western sense, with complex outlaws and tough moral dilemmas. Sure, there isn’t a parade of modern ideologies, but traditional and alternative stances (for the time) are fairly represented within genre limits.

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