Question 1

Is The Life of Chuck woke?

Accepted Answer

The Life of Chuck has a woke score of 30/100, which means it is not especially woke compared with higher-scoring titles. The Life of Chuck is a 2025 fantasy drama adapted from Stephen King's 2020 novella, following the ordinary life of accountant Charles "Chuck" Krantz (Tom Hiddleston) in reverse chronological order—from the metaphorical end of his personal universe at age 39 to his childhood. It explores love, loss, mortality, and the Whitman-inspired idea that every person "contains multitudes," using an apocalyptic backdrop as a metaphor for one man's death from a brain tumor while celebrating joy in small moments like an impromptu dance. Minor adaptation changes appear in supporting roles, including a gender and race swap for the busker drummer character from the source material, alongside some expanded female character moments.

Question 2

Is there DEI in The Life of Chuck?

Accepted Answer

The biggest factors in our score are Representation / casting choices, Legacy character or canon changes, Creator track record context. In this extraordinary story of an ordinary man, Charles 'Chuck' Krantz experiences the wonder of love, the heartbreak of loss, and the multitudes contained in all of us.

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