Ted
AI Woke Score
No detectable agenda — story first.
confidence: high
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The Verdict
Ted is a raunchy, crude buddy comedy with effectively zero identity messaging. Its humor leans on lowbrow gags, pop-culture references, and male arrested development played for laughs rather than any progressive agenda. Nothing here registers as woke.
What the AI Flagged
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Identity Swaps
Original characters, no established characters swapped.
Girlboss & Male Demotion
Lori is a competent, grounded foil to immature John, but the film centers male characters and doesn't push a 'men are the problem' message.
- John is portrayed as an arrested-development slacker, but this is comedic, not ideological
LGBTQ+ / Trans / Non-Binary Content
No meaningful LGBTQ+ content; raunchy heterosexual comedy.
DEI Casting
Cast fits a contemporary Boston setting with no quota-driven choices.
Preachiness
No sermons or activist messaging; pure crude comedy.
Anti-Masculinity / Anti-West
Mocks male immaturity for laughs but doesn't frame masculinity as inherently toxic as a message.
- John and Ted's stoner man-child lifestyle is the comedic premise, not a political critique
Source Betrayal
Original screenplay with no source material.
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Cast & Crew
Mark Wahlberg
John Bennett
Mila Kunis
Lori Collins
Seth MacFarlane
Ted (voice)
Joel McHale
Rex
Giovanni Ribisi
Donny
Patrick Warburton
Guy
Matt Walsh
Thomas
Jessica Barth
Tami-Lynn
Aedin Mincks
Robert
Bill Smitrovich
Frank
Jon Mone (Executive Producer) · Seth MacFarlane (Director)
The whole series, metered
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