Name: Is Let Him Go woke?
Item: Let Him Go
Rating: 20
Author: Woke or Not

Question 1

Is Let Him Go woke?

Accepted Answer

Let Him Go has a woke score of 20%, which means it is not especially woke compared with higher-scoring titles. Let Him Go is a 2020 neo-Western thriller starring Kevin Costner and Diane Lane as a retired sheriff and his wife who leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from his abusive stepfather’s violent off-grid family clan in the Dakotas. The core narrative focuses on grief, family loyalty, and a tense rescue mission set in the early 1960s. A supporting Native American character’s residential school backstory appears as part of the loss theme. No other audience-visible identity politics, activist dialogue, or representation emphasis drives the story.

Question 2

Is there DEI in Let Him Go?

Accepted Answer

The biggest factors in our score are Identity-driven story themes, Creator track record context, Western institutional / cultural critique. Following the loss of their son, a retired sheriff and his wife leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from the clutches of a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas.

Let Him Go

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