Question 1

Is True Memoirs of an International Assassin woke?

Accepted Answer

True Memoirs of an International Assassin has a woke score of 3/100, which means it is not especially woke compared with higher-scoring titles. True Memoirs of an International Assassin is a 2016 Netflix action comedy starring Kevin James as accountant-turned-writer Sam Larson. His fictional novel about a deadly assassin gets marketed as nonfiction, leading to his kidnapping into a real coup plot in Venezuela where he must impersonate his character to survive. The film runs on fish-out-of-water gags, chases, shootouts, and a bumbling everyman hero with no identity themes, activist dialogue, or social messaging in the story or marketing.

Question 2

Is there DEI in True Memoirs of an International Assassin?

Accepted Answer

The biggest factors in our score are Identity-driven story themes. After a publisher changes a writer's debut novel about a deadly assassin from fiction to nonfiction, the author finds himself thrust into the world of his lead character, and must take on the role of his character for his own survival.

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