Question 1

Is Mother's Day woke?

Accepted Answer

Mother's Day has a woke score of 41/100, which means it is mixed, with noticeable woke elements. Mother's Day is a 2016 ensemble comedy-drama about several Atlanta families dealing with divorce, single parenthood, adoption, blended families, and secrets in the days before the holiday. Subplots include a widower raising two daughters, a career woman meeting her biological daughter, and two sisters hiding an interracial marriage and a lesbian partnership from their bigoted parents. The film makes acceptance of same-sex marriage and interracial families audience-visible through one comedic storyline that frames old-fashioned prejudice as something to overcome for family harmony.

Question 2

Is there DEI in Mother's Day?

Accepted Answer

The biggest factors in our score are Identity-driven story themes, Representation / casting choices, Institutional / cultural critique. Sandy is a stressed-out, single mom who learns that her ex-husband is marrying a younger woman. Her friend Jesse's parents don't know that she has a family or that  her sister, Gabi is married to a woman. Jesse's friend, Kristin, is juggling motherhood of a toddler, a patient boyfriend who keeps proposing, and searching for her biological mother. Bradley is a widower who's trying to raise two daughters on his own, while Miranda is too busy with her career to worry about children. When their respective problems intersect and start coming to a head, the Mother's Day holiday takes on a special meaning for all.

Mother's Day

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