Question 1

Is The Brutalist woke?

Accepted Answer

The Brutalist has a woke score of 45/100, which means it is mixed, with noticeable woke elements. The Brutalist is a nearly four-hour epic drama about Hungarian-Jewish Holocaust survivor and architect László Tóth, who emigrates to post-war America in 1947 and rebuilds his career by designing a monumental Brutalist community center for a wealthy industrialist patron. The narrative spans decades of trauma, family reunion, addiction, and artistic struggle against power imbalances in 1950s-1970s America. Themes of antisemitism and capitalist exploitation appear visibly and recurringly through character conflicts and the immigrant experience.

Question 2

Is there DEI in The Brutalist?

Accepted Answer

The biggest factors in our score are Institutional / cultural critique, Identity-driven story themes, Creator track record context. When an innovative modern architect flees post-war Europe, he is given the opportunity to rebuild his legacy. Set during the dawn of the modern United States (in Pennsylvania), his wife joins him, and their lives are forever changed by a demanding, wealthy patron.

The Brutalist

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