TV Show review
September 6, 2016 · 45 min · TV-MA
Woke Score
Lower is better
Review
A desperate banker, a Haitian-American gang lord, and a Cuban-American hacker team up in Miami to launch a cryptocurrency called GenCoin using laundered money while dodging a corrupt FBI agent. The three-season crime drama follows their criminal-tech partnership, ambition, betrayal, and survival in the underworld. No audience-visible woke elements appear, such as identity lectures, modern activist messaging, or forced representation emphasis; the diverse cast fits Miami's real cultural and crime landscape naturally.
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for StartUp.
Woke representation / casting
Diverse leads (Cuban-American hacker, Haitian-American gangster) fit Miami setting and character origins organically; no evidence of forced choices or signaling in marketing or story.
Woke political dialogue
Standard crime, corruption, and survival themes; no modern activist or identity-focused dialogue.
Identity-driven story themes
Ensemble crime and entrepreneurship narrative; no identity politics or representation arcs drive the plot.
Western institutional / cultural critique
Portrays corrupt FBI and shady finance as thriller tropes without activist reframing of capitalism, patriarchy, or systemic identity issues.
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant.
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
No documented woke complaints, backlash, or identity-politics debate in news or social media.
Creator track record context
Ben Ketai shows no activist pattern; Ron Perlman as producer/actor has strong left political history but limited creative influence here.
Production
