Question 1

Is Hocus Pocus 2 woke?

Accepted Answer

Hocus Pocus 2 has a woke score of 65/100, which means it is mixed, with noticeable woke elements. The story keeps pushing sisterhood and female solidarity as the main engine, with the three new high school girls repairing their strained friendship, ditching boyfriend drama, and forming their own coven while Becca discovers she’s a natural witch. The Sanderson sisters’ bond gets the same heavy sisterhood treatment. The 1653 opening flashback frames the Puritan reverend and church as patriarchal oppressors who banish Winifred for refusing forced marriage. Incidental queer rep shows up with a gay couple cameo and RuPaul’s Drag Race queens impersonating the sisters in a contest. Diverse casting puts Black and Latina actresses front and center as two of the three leads.

Question 2

Is there DEI in Hocus Pocus 2?

Accepted Answer

The biggest factors in our score are Identity-driven story themes, Representation / casting choices, Institutional / cultural critique. 29 years since the Black Flame Candle was last lit, the 17th-century Sanderson sisters are resurrected, and they are looking for revenge. Now it's up to three high school students to stop the ravenous witches from wreaking a new kind of havoc on Salem before dawn on All Hallow's Eve.

Hocus Pocus 2

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