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
Each axis scored 0–100, with the receipts. The headline score weights the worst offense, so a single egregious element isn't diluted by the rest.
Identity Swaps
0Original characters in a contemporary drama; no established characters swapped.
Girlboss & Male Demotion
5No girlboss framing or message about male inadequacy; this is a tragedy of obsession affecting both sexes.
LGBTQ+ / Trans / Non-Binary Content
0The central relationships are heterosexual; no LGBTQ+ content.
DEI Casting
3Standard early-90s British cast fitting the setting; no quota casting evident.
Preachiness
5A character-driven erotic tragedy with no political lecturing or activist messaging.
Anti-Masculinity / Anti-West
8While 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
0Adapted from Josephine Hart's novel; no identity- or agenda-driven rewriting.
