{"id":1492623,"date":"2022-05-26T08:02:17","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T12:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1492623"},"modified":"2022-05-26T08:02:30","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T12:02:30","slug":"netflixs-senior-year-would-be-a-ridiculous-satire-of-woke-culture-if-it-werent-so-accurate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netflixs-senior-year-would-be-a-ridiculous-satire-of-woke-culture-if-it-werent-so-accurate\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix\u2019s \u2018Senior Year\u2019 Would Be A Ridiculous Satire Of Woke Culture If It Weren\u2019t So Accurate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnetflixs-senior-year-would-be-a-ridiculous-satire-of-woke-culture-if-it-werent-so-accurate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1492623&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Who would have thought that a mockery of absurd woke culture would be found in Netflix\u2019s latest nostalgia-riddled rom-com?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenior Year,\u201d starring Rebel Wilson, centers on Stephanie, a former high school cheerleader who wakes up from a 20-year coma after a tragic accident during a cheer routine. Within mere moments of coming back to life, Stephanie is shocked by the drastic cultural differences between 2002 and now. Throughout the movie, she attempts to climb back up the social ladder of Harding High School while attempting to wrap her head around the politically correct practices that are commonplace in today\u2019s culture.<\/p>\n<p>The movie is simple, comprised of teen rom-com stereotypes, forced nostalgia, master of comedic timing Rebel Wilson, and a Britney Spears dance number (because who doesn\u2019t love those?). The most surprising element, however, comes from its mocking but accurate depiction of today\u2019s high schoolers plagued by the latest trends and pseudo-intellectualism. <\/p>\n<p>The cheer squad no longer rallies for school spirit but lectures on the dangers of plastic straws. Every member of the squad is the cheer captain. A display in the lobby showcases a dolphin made of tampons. Wilson\u2019s character even received a crash course in which words are and aren\u2019t allowed to be said anymore. <\/p>\n<p>The queen bee is no longer a cheerleader, but a self-absorbed influencer named Bri with a massive online following and an androgynous boyfriend. She educates her followers on \u201cageism\u201d as a means to bully the 37-year-old Stephanie. <\/p>\n<p>At one point, Bri explains that she doesn\u2019t care about popularity and is only trying to build the \u201cmost authentic, socially conscious, body-positive, environmentally aware, and economically compassionate brand that\u2019s a home for inclusion, focused fashion, food, and fun-filled lifestyles.\u201d What a mouthful.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeanMGagne\/status\/1528696807878164480\">Audiences<\/a> were surprised and a bit confused by the recurring jokes at the expense of woke culture.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-273028\" width=\"524\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image-4.png 715w, https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image-4-300x118.png 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>As the movie goes on, we are led to believe that the antagonist is Stephanie\u2019s high-school-nemesis-turned-PTA-president, Tiffany. The real villain of the story, however, is Stephanie\u2019s best friend and current high school principal, Martha. Played by Mary Holland, Martha has succeeded in tearing down the traditions of American high school in an attempt to make Harding High a \u201cwoketopia\u201d of sorts.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the most dangerous radical change Martha enforced under her reign as principal was eliminating the tradition of electing a prom king and queen. She explains that she views this competition as a danger that doesn\u2019t reflect the values she imposes on the school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout any winners, there are no losers. I have created a school with no losers,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>Stephanie responds that she had more fun being in a coma for 20 years than living in this overly sensitive version of high school for 20 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenior Year\u201d pokes fun at the idea that there should be no single winner and that everyone gets a trophy, but it\u2019s a belief held with all seriousness by many of today\u2019s far-left activists. This ideology is the real danger, not competition. There aren\u2019t any winners, but there are losers, and they are the young Americans growing up in bubbles similar to Harding High. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018Senior Year\u2019 is a lighthearted and inconsequential film to watch casually. Still, it\u2019s hard to believe that a movie doing anything but praising and normalizing wacky far-left practices got the green light from Netflix. <\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Elise McCue is an intern at The Federalist and student at Virginia Tech majoring in multimedia journalism and professional and technical writing. She is an opinions and lifestyle writer for the Collegiate Times and reports on the Southwest Virginia music scene for The Roanoke Times. You can follow her on twitter @elisemccue or contact her at elisemccue@vt.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who would have thought that a mockery of absurd woke culture would be found in Netflix\u2019s latest nostalgia-riddled rom-com? \u201cSenior Year,\u201d starring Rebel Wilson, centers on Stephanie, a former high<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":834,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1492623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/834"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1492623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1492623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1492623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1492623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}