TV Show review
January 11, 2016 · 25 min · TV-MA
Woke Score
Lower is better
Review
Crashing is a 2016 British comedy-drama created by Phoebe Waller-Bridge about six twenty-somethings living as property guardians in a disused London hospital. They deal with cramped quarters, friendships, romances, sex, grief, and the daily chaos of young adult life in an expensive city. The show uses sharp, crude humor and flawed characters with almost no audience-visible identity politics, activist dialogue, or representation messaging.
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Crashing.
Woke representation / casting
Natural London mix of actors fitting young creatives and professionals; no visible forced diversity, quotas, or story mismatches.
Woke political dialogue
No activist speeches, identity lectures, or ideological arguments; talk stays personal, crude, and relationship-focused.
Identity-driven story themes
One character briefly grapples with same-sex feelings and reacts with defensive humor; treated as part of emotional messiness, not affirmation or central messaging.
Western institutional / cultural critique
Property guardian setup nods to housing costs for young people, but stays practical background for character stories without systemic, identity, or anti-conservative framing.
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant
Production
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
No backlash or agenda complaints in reviews or social media; generally praised as funny and relatable.
Creator track record context
Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s body of work emphasizes flawed personal stories and light self-aware feminism; other crew show standard comedy TV careers with no activist patterns.
