Awake not Woke!

Mild wokeness or none at all

I rated is as mildly woke. But, it may not be woke at all, depending on your taste. It doesn't contain much woke politics. However, it's obvious there's a lot of DEI casting. Also, all the male White characters are somewhat bad or grey. While most of the non-White characters are good

Less than halfway through the first episode. Enough.

The protagonist was at a bar, talking to a tender who would set off anyone's gaydar. The next scene was them waking up together. If you can get through that, maybe there's a good show to be watched. I, myself, cannot.

This is nothing more than Disney anti-America propaganda trash aimed at teens. I only suffered through half of the first episode and couldn't take any more. This is woke Gen Z nonsense and NOT national treasure. Casting a bunch of Gen Z DEI minority hires and a script that appears to have been written by A.I. using social media as a template this is an embarrassment. The dialog and acting is awful, the soundtrack is tiktok clips of modern pop rap slop. White people are bad or stupid. Pro illegal immigration and rampant feminism everywhere. The dialogue is loaded full of woke social justice comments and anti American sentiment. The lead character is an illegal immigrant trying to get a job with the FBI while using DACA. This is as bad as it gets and no surprise from Disney.

Surprisingly good indie movie. Some great performances and good writing. More of a dramedy than comedy so if your expecting a laugh fest you may be disappointed. The humor is there and it has some funny moments but that's not really the focus. Also some great cinematography of Japan. I think a general knowledge of Japanese culture may make this a bit more enjoyable but definitely not a requirement. The only thing woke is one scene at the beginning. He pretends to marry a young Japanese woman than tells her parents they are moving to Canada so she can get away from her parents and be with her lesbian lover without having to tell them. There is also a lesbian kiss in this scene. It's one short scene and has nothing to do with the rest of the movie. It feels like a throwaway virtue signal given there is nothing at all in the rest of the movie. Overall great movie and highly recommended if you like lite comedy with your drama. However be aware a large part of this (at least half if not more) is in Japanese with subtitles. If you don't enjoy subtitled movies you may not like this.