The Lottery (2014) | How Woke Is It?

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The Lottery2014

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What We Think

"The Lottery" leans into contemporary social anxieties but doesn’t completely bend the knee to woke orthodoxy. There are hints of modern ideological framing, especially in the handling of authority, but it still respects certain traditional values. It’s middling on the woke-o-meter.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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The show centers on a world with near-total female infertility and government overreach, prioritizing narrative tension over box-ticking identity politics. However, some viewers may feel that a few character choices and plotlines play into modern tropes about strong female leads, though not excessively so.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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Traditional institutions like family and motherhood are portrayed as desirable and worth fighting for. Still, government and religious authority figures are depicted somewhat negatively, reflecting common modern skepticism toward those pillars.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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While alternative viewpoints exist, particularly in debates over reproductive rights, they can feel one-sided, with dissent framed in a rather unfavorable light. There's a notable tilt toward modern ideological interpretations, though it does try for some nuance.

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