You're Nothing Special (2022) | How Woke Is It?

Our VerdictHyper Woke

81%

You're Nothing Special2022

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What We Think

You're Nothing Special piles on the modern sensibilities, prioritizing current cultural talking points and identity-driven themes over more traditional narrative arcs or pluralism. It definitely earns its woke badge.

Score Breakdown

Compromised:Narrative Integrity

Hyper Woke

What is this?

The show leans heavily into identity-driven storytelling, featuring a lead who gets swept up in small-town magic with a modern, quirky sensibility. Representation (gender and minority backgrounds) often outpaces character development, and plotlines are punctuated by on-the-nose social messaging, which some may see as guiding the story in service of current trends rather than organic narrative.

Compromised:Cultural Foundations

Woke

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Traditional family structures, authority figures, and even local folklore are often reinterpreted or even lampooned, replaced with an emphasis on self-discovery and personal empowerment. Masculinity and religion are mostly sidelined, and classic roles get a distinctly modern overhaul, though not entirely discarded.

Compromised:Ideological Monoculture

Hyper Woke

What is this?

The worldview is decidedly uniform; skepticism or dissent is typically embodied by unsympathetic or comic characters. Diversity of thought, especially about tradition or morality, is minimal, if present at all. Most characters operate from a shared, unmistakably modern set of values.

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