Pride
movie·R·Sep 12, 2014·
Pride (9/10 woke): Hijacks miners' strike with LGBTQ+ activism, homophobia lectures, and forced solidarity—skip this preachy identity politics vehicle.
Pride is a film whose core premise and emotional driver revolve entirely around LGBTQ+ activists inserting themselves into the traditionally macho, working-class world of striking miners, forcing themes of solidarity across identity groups and directly confronting homophobia as the central conflict.
The plot hinges on gay and lesbian characters overcoming miners' initial prejudice, culminating in miners marching in a Pride parade, embedding progressive narratives of intersectional activism, anti-establishment (Thatcher) sentiment, and normalization of queer identities in straight spaces. Creator intent, drawn from interviews, emphasizes highlighting this historical activism to promote cross-group solidarity, with AIDS and gay rights woven prominently into character arcs.
While based on true events without forced casting changes or race/gender swaps, the ideology dominates the storytelling, turning a labor strike into a vehicle for LGBTQ+ advocacy that prioritizes message over pure historical drama. This heavy embedding compromises the film's entertainment by subordinating the miners' struggle to queer heroics and lectures on acceptance, risking alienation of audiences uninterested in identity politics lectures disguised as comedy-drama.
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We've run a full content analysis on Pride and scored it 9/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.
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 Pride's overall score.
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We evaluate media across multiple ideological categories on a 0–10 scale. Scores of 0–3 mean story-first, 4–6 have moderate elements, and 7–10 flag heavily agenda-driven content. Learn more about our methodology →
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