# How "woke" are movies really?

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**Created:** [June 8, 2022, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-woke-are-movies-really/965849 "2022-06-08T00:11:16Z")\
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> [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](#):
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> I’ve read claims other places online that movies are “woke” if any cast member is a different race than what is first expected

TV, not a movie, but you can see the same [thought](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sandman-trailer/965921/3) [processes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sandman-trailer/965921/6) at work on this very board, never mind other places. Neither uses the word “woke” itself, but the thrust is the same.

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