The Shawshank Redemption
AI Woke Score
No detectable agenda — story first.
confidence: high
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The Verdict
A classic prison drama free of identity messaging. The Shawshank Redemption is a faithful, character-driven adaptation with universal themes of hope and friendship — there is nothing here for WokeMeter to flag.
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
0No established characters are race- or gender-swapped; characters originate from the Stephen King novella.
Girlboss & Male Demotion
0A male-led drama with no female-empowerment messaging or male demotion as a theme.
LGBTQ+ / Trans / Non-Binary Content
5No LGBTQ+ themes; prison sexual assault is depicted as violence, not identity content.
DEI Casting
5Casting fits a 1940s American prison setting; Red's portrayal is character-driven, not a quota.
Preachiness
5Themes of hope and freedom are woven into the narrative, not delivered as sermons.
Anti-Masculinity / Anti-West
3No framing of masculinity or the West as inherently toxic.
Source Betrayal
3Faithful adaptation of King's novella with no identity-driven rewrites.
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Cast & Crew
Tim Robbins
Andy Dufresne
Morgan Freeman
Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
Bob Gunton
Warden Norton
William Sadler
Heywood
Clancy Brown
Captain Byron T. Hadley
Gil Bellows
Tommy
James Whitmore
Brooks Hatlen
Mark Rolston
Bogs Diamond
Jeffrey DeMunn
1946 D.A.
Larry Brandenburg
Skeet
David V. Lester (Executive Producer) · Liz Glotzer (Executive Producer) · Frank Darabont (Director)
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