Smallville
tv·TV-14·Oct 16, 2001·
Smallville nails classic Superman origins with 0-2/10 wokeness—pure heroism, family bonds, and adventure, free of politics or lectures.
Smallville is a classic Superman origin series chronicling young Clark Kent's growth in rural Kansas through family bonds, teen romance, high school friendships, and episodic adventures against meteor freaks, Kryptonian threats, and villains like Lex Luthor, culminating in his transformation into the iconic hero.
The show features traditional, predominantly white casting faithful to comic roots (e.g., Tom Welling as Clark, Erica Durance as Lois Lane), with incidental diversity like Pete Ross's race-swap integrated organically without narrative emphasis on identity politics. Aggregate themes prioritize destiny, heroism, personal responsibility, and escapist entertainment, free from progressive ideology, social justice lectures, DEI mandates, or LGBTQ+ focal points. Its consistently low content ratings (0-2/10 across Seasons 1-10) reflect this apolitical purity, earning nostalgic praise for unmarred, timeless superhero storytelling.
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We've run a full content analysis on Smallville and scored it 1/10 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 Smallville'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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