The Shining
tv·TV-14·Apr 27, 1997·
The Shining (1997 miniseries): 0/10 woke. Faithful to King's novel with no race/gender swaps, forced diversity, or politics—just pure, unadulterated horror.
"The Shining" (1997 miniseries) is a faithful adaptation of Stephen King's novel, depicting the Torrance family's psychological unraveling and encounters with supernatural hauntings at an isolated hotel, centered on themes of alcoholism, paternal abuse, and psychic abilities.
It employs traditional casting true to the source material, with no race-swapping, gender-swapping, forced diversity, or progressive ideologies like identity politics, LGBTQ+ representation, or critiques of traditional norms. This pre-woke era production delivers unadulterated horror entertainment, earning an overall woke score of **0/10** due to its complete absence of contemporary social justice elements and strict adherence to the book's intent.
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We've run a full content analysis on The Shining and scored it 0/10 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 The Shining'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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