Question 1

Is A House of Dynamite woke?

Accepted Answer

A House of Dynamite has a woke score of 42/100, which means it is mixed, with noticeable woke elements. Idris Elba plays the US President. The cast is diverse with women and minorities in senior government and military command positions. Rebecca Ferguson plays a lead Situation Room officer whose husband handles the childcare. The story is a procedural nuclear missile crisis with creators pushing a cautionary message on nuclear proliferation and institutional flaws. A WNBA player has a cameo. No identity plotlines or activist sermons drive the narrative.

Question 2

Is there DEI in A House of Dynamite?

Accepted Answer

The biggest factors in our score are Representation / casting choices, Creator track record context, Institutional / cultural critique. When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond.

A House of Dynamite

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