A Clockwork Tangerine
movie·May 10, 2025·
A Clockwork Tangerine stays locked on the original's satire of free will and violence, delivering pure comedic parody with no identity politics or social justice overlays for a safe 1/10 woke score.
A Clockwork Tangerine is a 5-minute low-budget YouTube parody short directed by and starring Otis Cary as Dowey, faithfully replicating the ultraviolent night-out premise of A Clockwork Orange with droogs, 'in-out in-out' slang, and absurd comedic twists like 'COVID milk bar' and In-N-Out burger references.
The plot, characters, and tone center on traditional dystopian satire of violence and state control without any modern identity politics, systemic oppression narratives, or social justice framing. Every scene stays locked on the original story's focus on free will, behavioral conditioning, and raw physical aggression, using parody to highlight those elements rather than overlaying contemporary activist angles. Creator intent and execution remain strictly comedic entertainment with no statements on inclusion or challenging norms.
The cast includes names such as Eli Miller, Judah Goldman, and Bluebelle Saraceno, but these appear as incidental original characters in a parody setting with no race/gender-swapping of established figures, no foregrounded diversity as a statement, and no thematic emphasis on identity. This direct, unadorned approach to the source material's non-progressive premise keeps the short free of any ideological additions.
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We've run a full content analysis on A Clockwork Tangerine and scored it 1/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.
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