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The Good Wife
tv·Jan 13, 2019·
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The Good Wife
tv
January 13, 2019
Wokeometer Rating
2Based
Scale: 0 = not woke, 10 = maximally woke
TL;DR Verdict
The Japanese remake earns its low 2/10 woke score by focusing purely on legal cases and family consequences without identity politics, DEI mandates, or social lectures. It delivers uncompromised entertainment through straightforward drama.
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Detailed Analysis
The Japanese TBS adaptation of The Good Wife centers on former lawyer Kyoko Hasumi returning to a Tokyo firm after her prosecutor husband is arrested in a bribery and prostitution scandal, with episode plots revolving around standard legal cases and the resulting family fallout.
This faithful recreation of the original premise maintains a focus on personal and professional consequences rather than introducing identity-politics framing, systemic-oppression narratives, or lecture-style dialogue. The all-Japanese cast portrays Japanese characters in a contemporary domestic setting with no alterations to source roles, DEI mandates, LGBTQ+ focal points, or critiques of patriarchy and capitalism.
As a result, the series delivers uncompromised entertainment value through its straightforward legal drama structure. The official overall woke score for this show is 2/10.
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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Preachiness & Message-First Agenda
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We've run a full content analysis on The Good Wife and scored it 2/10 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 Good Wife?
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 Good Wife's overall score.
Is The Good Wife family-friendly?
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How does Wokeometer score tv shows?
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 →
