The Goldbergs
tv·TV-14·Sep 24, 2013·
The Goldbergs is pure 80s family nostalgia with a 1/10 wokeness score—apolitical laughs, no identity politics, just one off preachy episode.
"The Goldbergs" is a nostalgic sitcom chronicling the chaotic, lighthearted 1980s life of a Jewish-American family in suburban Pennsylvania, drawn directly from creator Adam F.
Goldberg's real childhood, featuring sibling rivalries, overprotective parenting, teen crushes, holidays, school antics, and abundant pop culture references like mixtapes, Star Wars, and Ferris Bueller. Across reviewed seasons, the show maintains a faithful all-white core cast with organic incidental diversity that never drives narratives, emphasizing universal family humor without identity politics, LGBTQ+ storylines, systemic oppression critiques, or social justice lectures. Its overall woke score of 1/10 reflects this consistent apolitical purity, marred only by a single preachy 'Eracism' episode in Season 8 that clashed with the traditional entertainment focus.
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