TV Show review
August 17, 2018 · TV-MA · Ended
Woke Score
Lower is better
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Disenchantment.
Woke representation / casting
Voice cast shows typical modern animation diversity with no story-world mismatch or marketing emphasis on race, gender, or identity quotas in a medieval fantasy setting.
Woke political dialogue
Occasional lines support personal freedom and critique arranged marriages as limiting, but no activist lectures, DEI slogans, or heavy modern political monologues appear.
Identity-driven story themes
Bean's journey stresses independence from traditional female roles and features prominent bisexual identity plus a same-sex romance that grows more central in later parts, though these sit inside a larger fantasy adventure and family plot.
Western institutional / cultural critique
The show mocks kings, arranged marriages, and magical authorities through crude comedy in a historical fantasy world without modern activist framing of patriarchy, capitalism, or current Western institutions.
Review
Disenchantment is Matt Groening's adult animated fantasy comedy about rebellious Princess Bean, her elf friend Elfo, and personal demon Luci as they cause trouble and face adventures in the crumbling medieval kingdom of Dreamland. The series mixes crude jokes, action sequences, family drama, and a growing story about betrayal and magic across its parts. Later seasons make the main character's bisexual identity and same-sex romance a clear part of her personal growth, paired with a feminist view of rejecting traditional princess duties like arranged marriage.
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
Some online viewers complained that later seasons pushed LGBT representation and feminism as pandering or agenda-driven, but these remain scattered user opinions without mainstream coverage or major campaigns.
Creator track record context
Key figures come from liberal-leaning satirical animation backgrounds with Democratic donations and occasional social commentary, yet their body of work stays broad humor rather than centered on identity politics, DEI, or queer activism.
Production
