The Dean Martin Show (1965) | How Woke Is It?

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The Dean Martin Show1965

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What We Think

The Dean Martin Show is about as non-woke as it gets. It’s pure old-school entertainment with little concern for modern ideological trends, positively quaint by today’s standards.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

The Dean Martin Show was all about entertainment, music, and classic comedy, far from our era’s obsession with ideological checklists. Casting reflected standard 1960s Hollywood, usually prioritizing talent and audience appeal over modern diversity quotas. Characters were based on showbiz personalities, not identity politics.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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This show celebrated family-friendly humor, masculinity, and the lighthearted values of mid-century America. Religion, tradition, and classic gender roles were usually portrayed in a positive or neutral light, with no attempts to subvert or critique.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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Any lack of diversity simply reflected its time, not an orchestrated ideological monoculture. While traditional views dominated, there was little in the way of mocking alternative worldviews; the show stayed in its comedic lane.

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