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Gummo
Box Office
Flop · 0.1x
Budget$1.3M
Worldwide Gross$116.8K
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Gummo

Gummo

movie·R·Oct 17, 1997·
Box OfficeFlop · 0.1x
$1.3M
Budget
$116.8K
Gross
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Gummo

movie
R
October 17, 1997
Wokeometer Rating
0Based
0/10
Audience Woke Score
No Ratings Yet
Scale: 0 = not woke, 10 = maximally woke

TL;DR Verdict

Gummo scores a 0/10 for woke content by presenting raw vignettes of nihilism and small-town decay with zero identity politics or activist framing. The film stays laser-focused on experimental storytelling and provocation, delivering neutral entertainment free of modern messaging.

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Detailed Analysis

Gummo (1997), Harmony Korine's experimental directorial debut, consists of loosely connected vignettes depicting nihilistic, violent, and perverse behaviors among residents of a tornado-ravaged Ohio town.

The non-narrative structure follows characters like Solomon and Tummler killing cats for money, huffing glue, and encountering figures such as a man pimping his disabled sister, skinhead brothers boxing, and a mute boy in rabbit ears, all without any overarching plot or moral framework. Themes center on boredom, poverty, mental illness, animal cruelty, and small-town decay, presented raw and unfiltered rather than through any lens of social justice critique or identity-based commentary. The film employs non-professional local actors who match the white working-class setting without any imposed diversity requirements, race or gender swaps, or foregrounding of identity politics. Creator intent and reception focus exclusively on experimental form and boundary-pushing provocation, with no activist messaging or modern social commentary present in the premise, characters, or themes.

Key Factors

  • No progressive ideological elements in premise, characters, or themes; raw 1990s indie shock aesthetic focused on dysfunction and nihilism
  • Casting uses non-professional local actors fitting the white working-class setting with no DEI mandates, race/gender swaps, or identity foregrounding
  • Creator intent and reception emphasize experimental form and boundary-pushing provocation, with zero evidence of activist messaging or modern social commentary

Methodology: Each score synthesizes audience discourse, critic and aggregator reception, and press coverage — weighed against the work itself, not any single source.

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Is Gummo Woke?

We've run a full content analysis on Gummo and scored it 0/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of woke content is in Gummo?

Our analysis checks for themes like identity politics, race-swapping, gender ideology, environmental activism, anti-religious messaging, and other progressive agenda elements. The score breakdown above shows which specific categories were flagged and how heavily they factor into Gummo's overall score.

Is Gummo family-friendly?

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Top Cast

Jacob Reynolds
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Jacob Reynolds

Solomon

Jacob Sewell
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Jacob Sewell

Bunny Boy

Nick Sutton
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Nick Sutton

Tummler

Chloë Sevigny
2.5Based

Chloë Sevigny

Dot

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Darby Dougherty

Darby

Carisa Glucksman
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Carisa Glucksman

Helen

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Lara Tosh

Girl in Car

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Jason Guzak

Skinhead #1

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Wendall Carr

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