Peaky Blinders
London's for the taking.
A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.
Wokeness: 40%
Overall Score: 50%
Please Log in to Submit a Review!
User Submitted Reviews
JustEntertainment
Mildly woke
In typical British fashion, in every story there is always a woman in the background pulling the strings and putting fear into the hearts of otherwise tough protagonists. So this one is no exception. Half the gang leaders are either women or the "big boss" which whoops the male leader's ass is a woman. All the women are highly skilled, bossy, powerful Mary Sues, no quirks, flaws, or character, for that matter.
The majority of the story is about gangs and fun stuff like that, so it's not woke by nature, but the shoehorning in of the Matriarchy kinda ruins any of the choices the more interesting characters make.
Politics is a little less annoying.
There are "poor oppressed communists," but it's a pathetic character and nothing heroic or sympathetic. No looming lectures. Overall, the woke is still bearable if you can get over the eye-rolling Vagina Overlords.
Created: 06-20-2022
MyDentist
From Good To Bad
This show begins with a display of strong, keen, confident men, albeit criminals, during the historical post-WWI late 1910's England and evolves into a fantasy world where men drastically switch up their beliefs and "bad-ass" women run their lives.
I really enjoyed the first season, and second season as well, by the middle of the 5th season I feel like I'm nearly watching a different show. It happens gradually, you will barely notice it. There is a decent and unlikely shift in core principals forced onto the main character, a major fallacy in portions of it being historical, glaringly villainous comparisons to modern politics ("England First!" implication: bad, evil. and of course they make the character associated with the movement one of the worst people in the show), unlikely female behaviors and feminist/communist/socialist subplots, etc.
This show seemingly aims to lead unscrupulous and unsuspecting minds to engineered conclusions of what is good and bad, and crushes any positivity or benefit in male strength, not to mention faith and belief in God, along the way.
When it gets boring they just kill some people off, and they also incorporate the very tired trope of: New Season, Episode 1 *introduce villain* -- Last Episode of Same Season *villain destroyed* : repeat.
This show defies human nature, reality, and history, instead pushing currently trending tropes in America into unlikely characters, portraying poor character, values, beliefs and actions.
Cringed when two women were (essentially) like "our husbands are crazy! we will divorce them, yeah!" *everything provided for them, not abused, given love, attention, and protection*
The main character stays pretty strong, aside from some forced changes in his core values, and carries the show on his shoulders. There is a lot more to say but, I may quit watching mid season 5, and other details aren't fresh. It could be assumed Netflix would do this to what could have been a great show altogether. I guess my advice would be: If at any point you feel like you want to quit watching, just trust that intuition, you won't be missing much.
Created: 01-21-2023
Pha-Q woke
Created: 01-21-2023
R. Hamrick
Great at first. Somewhat predictable thereafter.
As with nearly everything the film industry produces, this popular series was adapted to promote Lefty views: including in this case the BBC's own hatred for Winston Churchill, hitherto a hero almost without equal.
But then there's also a hilariously unlikely black 'preacher' who pops up to talk sense to white, working-class mobsters. In 1920s England.
Created: 03-13-2024
