Sentences with phrase «of wokeness»

Who guessed that Evelyn Waugh would one day appear as a paragon of wokeness?

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The entertainment industry, the lowest arm of which gave us Trump, took the brunt of the new «wokeness,» almost as though it were taking responsibility for birthing something like Trump by enacting a purge.

«The latest big - screen iteration of the blockbuster video game isn't a film for the ages, but it's actually pretty good fun; an old - fashioned treasure - island adventure tale gilded in circa - 2018 wokeness (Lara Croft's breasts no longer command a lead supporting role) and anchored by an Oscar - winning actress far more gifted than the story requires.

An online culture of competitive authenticity and wokeness has begotten a tendency to pose as more receptive and empathetic than thou.

That said, the films, creators and actors that the Academy actually honored were a fairly predictable bunch, and didn't necessarily reflect the «wokeness» that the Oscars seems to believe itself capable of.

Ultimately, this battle over the identity of «Oscar bait» may end up being won or lost according to whether both The Post and The Shape of Water — woozy marriages between old - school craft and new - school wokeness — earn their expected nods.

No word is taboo and no race, gender, or degree of self - declared wokeness goes unscathed in the Eminem - produced «Bodied,» the searing and audacious battle rap satire from director Joseph Kahn that has audiences buzzing at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Get this: Sweden's proudest son Ruben Östlund somehow made a movie about optics, performative wokeness, clickbait and media discourse that doesn't make you crave the release of a speedy death.

Perhaps that says more about my «wokeness,» than anything else (using one of my daughter's phrases there, probably incorrectly).

This digital wokeness trend to #DeleteFacebook is the digital equivalent of that moment.