Question 1

Is The Black Phone woke?

Accepted Answer

The Black Phone has a woke score of 6/100, which means it is not especially woke compared with higher-scoring titles. A 13-year-old boy named Finney is abducted by a masked serial killer known as The Grabber and locked in a soundproof basement. He begins receiving calls on a disconnected black rotary phone from the ghosts of the killer’s previous victims, who guide him toward escape. The narrative centers on survival, childhood trauma, bullying, and sibling support in a 1978 Denver suburb. No identity politics, activist messaging, gender themes, or representation emphasis drive the story or characters.

Question 2

Is there DEI in The Black Phone?

Accepted Answer

The biggest factors in our score are Institutional / cultural critique, Representation / casting choices. Finney Blake, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney.

The Black Phone

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