Hacks
tv·TV-MA·May 13, 2021·
Hacks integrates recurring themes of sexism, ageism, cancel culture, and queer identity into its core story of comedy mentorship and career reinvention. These elements shape character arcs without overshadowing the entertainment focus, supporting its balanced 6/10 woke score.
Hacks follows the evolving mentorship between veteran comedian Deborah Vance and younger writer Ava Daniels as they navigate stand-up tours, late-night TV ambitions, career reinvention, and personal rivalries within the entertainment industry.
The series blends dark buddy-comedy elements around comedy craft, ego, and professional survival with recurring progressive themes, including sexism and ageism faced by women in comedy, generational clashes over cancel culture, Ava's bisexuality and queer relationships, and broader discussions of systemic barriers. These identity-focused elements appear consistently across seasons as noticeable influences on character arcs and select episodes or subplots without overtaking the core narrative or turning the show into didactic activism. The overall woke score of 6/10 reflects this balanced yet recurring integration of social consciousness into an entertainment-driven premise.
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We've run a full content analysis on Hacks and scored it 6/10 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 Hacks'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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