The Hateful Eight: Extended Version (2019) | How Woke Is It?

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The Hateful Eight: Extended Version2019

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What We Think

The Hateful Eight: Extended Version keeps its focus on story and character, not ideology. If you’re looking for a non-woke, grim Western without agenda-driven messaging, this delivers. It dabbles in social themes, but hardly as a sermon.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

Not Woke

What is this?

The story is brutal, messy, and character-driven, with no discernible effort to prioritize identity over narrative. Tarantino’s focus remains on tension and personality, not superficial representation. There’s no evidence of casting based on modern checkboxes, just classic cynics and misfits serving the story.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

Mildly Woke

What is this?

While the film is nihilistic and gives just about every character questionable morals, it doesn’t specifically target family, religion, or masculinity for ridicule. Morality is messy for everyone. No obvious agenda to undermine tradition; it’s mostly about survival and greed.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

Mildly Woke

What is this?

Characters constantly clash in worldviews, some are overt racists, others are self-serving pragmatists, and still others represent law or justice. No monolithic modern ideology; plenty of ugliness but not in a way that promotes one ‘correct’ view.

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