Once Upon a Time in America
AI Woke Score
No detectable agenda — story first.
confidence: high
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The Verdict
Sergio Leone's sprawling gangster epic is a classic with essentially zero identity messaging. It's a dark, period-rooted character study with no swaps, no preaching, and no agenda. The film contains disturbing content but for thematic and dramatic reasons, not ideological ones.
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 period-accurate setting; no established characters swapped.
Girlboss & Male Demotion
5A male-centered gangster epic with no girlboss framing or message-driven male demotion.
LGBTQ+ / Trans / Non-Binary Content
0No LGBTQ+, trans, or non-binary content.
DEI Casting
3Casting reflects the early-20th-century Jewish immigrant Lower East Side milieu; no quota-driven diversity.
Preachiness
3A reflective, melancholic crime saga; no sermonizing or activist messaging.
Anti-Masculinity / Anti-West
8Depicts brutal, criminal masculinity but as character study, not as an ideological lecture on toxic masculinity or the West.
- Noodles' violent and morally repugnant choices are portrayed, not preached against
Source Betrayal
5Adapted from Harry Grey's 'The Hoods' with creative liberties, but no identity- or agenda-driven rewrites.
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Cast & Crew
Robert De Niro
Noodles
James Woods
Max
Elizabeth McGovern
Deborah
Joe Pesci
Frankie
Burt Young
Joe
Tuesday Weld
Carol
Treat Williams
Jimmy O'Donnell
Danny Aiello
Police Chief Aiello
Richard Bright
Chicken Joe
James Hayden
Patsy
Sergio Leone (Director) · Claudio Mancini (Executive Producer)
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