Damage
AI Woke Score
No detectable agenda — story first.
confidence: medium
Audience Score
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The Verdict
Damage is a somber, adult erotic tragedy about a respected man undone by obsession with his son's lover. It carries no identity messaging, LGBTQ+ content, or progressive sermonizing — it's a character study of desire and ruin. Essentially clean across all WokeMeter axes.
What the AI Flagged
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Identity Swaps
Original characters in a contemporary drama; no established characters swapped.
Girlboss & Male Demotion
No girlboss framing or message about male inadequacy; this is a tragedy of obsession affecting both sexes.
LGBTQ+ / Trans / Non-Binary Content
The central relationships are heterosexual; no LGBTQ+ content.
DEI Casting
Standard early-90s British cast fitting the setting; no quota casting evident.
Preachiness
A character-driven erotic tragedy with no political lecturing or activist messaging.
Anti-Masculinity / Anti-West
While it depicts a man's self-destruction through obsession, this is personal tragedy, not a thesis about toxic masculinity.
- The politician's downfall stems from his own obsessive choices
Source Betrayal
Adapted from Josephine Hart's novel; no identity- or agenda-driven rewriting.
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Cast & Crew
Jeremy Irons
Dr. Stephen Fleming
Juliette Binoche
Anna Barton
Miranda Richardson
Ingrid Fleming
Rupert Graves
Martyn Fleming
Peter Stormare
Peter Wetzler
Gemma Clarke
Sally Fleming
Ian Bannen
Edward Lloyd
Julian Fellowes
Donald Lyndsay, MP
Leslie Caron
Elizabeth Prideaux
Tony Doyle
Prime Minister
Louis Malle (Director)
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