Deadloch
tv·TV-MA·Jun 1, 2023·
Deadloch earns an 8/10 woke score as a feminist crime parody stuffed with queer/Indigenous cops, anti-patriarchy rants, and colonial critiques that bury fun mystery under overt activism—skip for neutral entertainment.
"Deadloch" is a feminist noir crime comedy parody set in diverse Australian locales like Tasmania and the Top End, centering lesbian detectives Dulcie Collins and her Indigenous wife Cath alongside Maori and Asian cops, as they unravel murders amid a queer-heavy population that subverts traditional genre tropes to critique toxic masculinity, sexism, colonialism, policing, and patriarchy.
The show stacks its cast with queer actors and layers in intersectional subplots on Indigenous land rights, incarceration, and anti-cop activism, using crude humor to deliver overt progressive messaging from creators The Kates. Its 8/10 woke score reflects how these foundational identity politics and activist subversion prioritize ideological goals over neutral mystery-solving entertainment, as seen consistently across reviewed seasons.
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We've run a full content analysis on Deadloch and scored it 8/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.
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