The Purge (2018) | How Woke Is It?

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78%

The Purge2018

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What We Think

The Purge TV series doesn’t quite overthrow storytelling for ideology, but it certainly puts a woke spin on everything: traditional values are suspect, villains are almost cartoonishly old-fashioned, and social critique never takes a day off, even on Purge night.

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Compromised:Narrative Integrity

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What is this?

The Purge TV series incorporates a variety of character backgrounds and storylines, often prioritizing identity themes like race, class, and gender. While there's some dramatic tension, it frequently leans into social critique, sometimes at the cost of consistent character development or narrative focus.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

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The series presents religion, traditional authority, and the family structure in a frequently sinister or incompetent light, framing 'old-fashioned' values as obstacles or sources of hypocrisy. Masculinity and traditional roles are often subverted, with more progressive ideals presented as aspirational.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

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What is this?

Dissenting worldviews are mostly shown through villainous elites or shallow caricatures, making alternative or traditional perspectives seem uniformly negative. There's little genuine moral plurality; the ‘correct’ ideological stance is telegraphed pretty clearly throughout.

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