Question 1

Is The Meddler woke?

Accepted Answer

The Meddler has a woke score of 15/100, which means it is not especially woke compared with higher-scoring titles. The Meddler is a 2016 comedy-drama about a widowed mother from New Jersey who moves to Los Angeles to live near her adult daughter, a television screenwriter. She fills her days by meddling in her daughter’s life and generously helping strangers while dealing with her own grief and loneliness. The story centers on family bonds, personal reinvention through everyday kindness, and late-life purpose in a straightforward, heartfelt way with no visible political, activist, or identity-driven elements.

Question 2

Is there DEI in The Meddler?

Accepted Answer

The biggest factors in our score are Creator track record context, Representation / casting choices, Identity-driven story themes. With a new iPhone, an apartment near the Grove, and a comfortable bank account left to her by her beloved late husband, Marnie Minervini has happily relocated from New Jersey to Los Angeles to be near her daughter Lori, a successful (but still single) screenwriter, and smother her with motherly love. But when the dozens of texts, unexpected visits, and conversations dominated by unsolicited advice force Lori to draw strict personal boundaries, Marnie finds ways to channel her eternal optimism and forceful generosity to change the lives of others - as well as her own - and find a new purpose in life.

The Meddler

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