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The Curse - Season 1

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TV-MA
Season 1
November 12, 2023
Wokeometer Rating
1Based
Audience Woke Score
No Ratings Yet
Scale: 0 = not woke, 10 = maximally woke

TL;DR Verdict

The Curse S1 (1/10 woke) viciously parodies performative liberalism and reality TV hypocrisy through brilliant cringe comedy—pure, apolitical entertainment with no preaching or agendas.

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Detailed Analysis

The Curse Season 1 is a dark satirical comedy that skewers performative white liberalism, eco-virtue signaling, gentrification hypocrisy, and HGTV-style reality TV fakery through the story of Asher and Whitney Siegel, a couple whose 'Flipanthropy' project pretends to uplift a poor New Mexico community while displacing locals and chasing clout.

Progressive buzzwords like land acknowledgments, sustainability mandates, and allyship to Native Americans are spouted by the leads but relentlessly mocked as shallow posturing that masks their privilege and incompetence, leading to absurd failures and a supernatural curse. Casting features white leads Emma Stone, Nathan Fielder, and Benny Safdie in roles perfectly suited to their awkward, neurotic personas, with diverse supporting characters feeling organic to the Southwestern setting rather than forced DEI checkboxes.

Creators Fielder and Safdie show no activist intent in interviews; instead, the series is celebrated in reviews as a vicious parody of lefty do-gooderism and white guilt. Audience reception is overwhelmingly positive for its brilliance and discomfort, with zero notable backlash decrying it as 'woke'—quite the opposite, as it humanizes conservative characters while eviscerating liberal ones. This refreshing absence of embedded social justice activism allows pure, uncompromised entertainment focused on cringe humor and human folly.

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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Identity Politics & Racial Essentialism
Gender Ideology & LGBTQ+ Themes
DEI Casting & Representation Mandates
Preachiness & Message-First Agenda
Corporate & Creator Activism

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Directed by

  • Nathan Fielder
  • David Zellner
  • Nathan Zellner

Is The Curse - Season 1 Woke?

We've run a full content analysis on The Curse - Season 1 and scored it 1/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.

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What kind of woke content is in The Curse - Season 1?

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 The Curse - Season 1's overall score.

Is The Curse - Season 1 family-friendly?

Wokeometer focuses on ideological content rather than traditional ratings (violence, language, etc.). The Curse - Season 1 is rated TV-MA. For a full picture, combine our woke analysis with the age rating to decide if it's right for your family.

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Top Cast

Emma Stone
2.3Based

Emma Stone

Whitney Siegel

Nathan Fielder
1Based

Nathan Fielder

Asher Siegel

Benny Safdie
2.6Based

Benny Safdie

Dougie Schecter

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