The Grinder (2015) | How Woke Is It?

Our VerdictNot Woke

12%

The Grinder2015

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What We Think

The Grinder might be one of the least woke shows out there, if anything, its self-aware, irreverent humor is refreshingly non-ideological. Virtue signals and forced representation are basically absent. Relax, you’re safe watching this one.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

Not Woke

What is this?

The Grinder keeps its story focused on humor, family dynamics, and satirizing legal dramas. Character traits and casting largely serve comedic and narrative purposes, rather than overtly pushing identity-driven themes. If anything, its meta-winking at TV tropes is the main point, not ideological messaging.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

Not Woke

What is this?

This show mostly pokes fun at Hollywood and legal melodrama without attacking traditional values or institutions. Masculinity, family, and morality are played straight for laughs rather than being undermined; the sibling dynamic is central, not deconstructed.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

Not Woke

What is this?

Alternative viewpoints aren't mocked or villainized; the characters certainly don't all share the same worldview. Most of the humor draws from character flaws, not ideology, and there's no perfunctory political messaging in sight.

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