Woke

Name: Woke
Genre: Comedy
Released: September 9, 2020
Rating: 61

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Series Details & Credits

HULU | Release Date: September 9, 2020

Summary: San Francisco cartoonist Keef (Lamorne Morris) is close to making it into the "big time" when something happens that challenges his previous point-of-view in this comedy inspired by the personal experiences of writer/executive producer (and fellow cartoonist) Keith Knight.

Genre(s): Comedy

Recent Episodes

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S2:E8. Kill Keef Knight
Air Date: April 8, 2022
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S2:E7. Black Trauma V
Air Date: April 8, 2022
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S2:E6. Black Exceptionalism
Air Date: April 8, 2022

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Glenn Garvin

Sep 5, 2020

Season 1 Review: In a dreary age in which we're battered on one side by authentic police mayhem and on the other by puerile PC paladins, Hulu's new comedy series Woke is little short of a miracle. It manages to carefully and very funnily thread a needle through a political and social straitjacket. Read full review

Mekeisha Madden Toby

Sep 2, 2020

Season 1 Review: Keef's inner struggles as a Black artist versus an artist who happens to be Black is an unapologetically funny and honest through line that also gives the show the authenticity it needs. Although San Francisco as a setting doesn't factor in as the uncredited character that it should, Stanley Clarke's thoughtful score deliciously folds in a number of Black musical influences and vibes. Read full review

John Anderson

Sep 9, 2020

Season 1 Review: Charming. This can be credited in large part to Mr. Morris, who plays Keef with equal parts self-awareness and bemusement, but also to the balance “Woke” strikes between politics and the pure comedy of human interaction. Or collision. ... The music is remarkably good. The cast is even better. Read full review

Melanie McFarland

Sep 10, 2020

Season 1 Review: There's a lot about "Woke" that works because of the people in it, and the man who makes it, and not entirely due its execution, which begins a lot of conversations but doesn't pause or conclude them in ways that give the premise of the series its meaning. Read full review

Collider Kay B

Sep 11, 2020

Season 1 Review: While I can’t fault the performances, the discontinuity and lack of purposeful writing are where the series failed for me. Initially having high hopes for Woke, I walked away not quite knowing who the intended audience was. And while the subject matter grabbed my attention, I had to wait until the final culmination for it to pay off. Read full review

Daniel D'Addario

Sep 2, 2020

Season 1 Review: The show is at odds with itself, drawing a mordantly funny vision of a person sent into disarray by his newly surfaced awareness of American racism and seeding it with broad and somewhat lazy sight gags. A version of “Woke” with fewer distractions — limiting or perhaps fine-tuning the comic device, and keeping its eye more closely on Morris’s performance — would be one that got its point across, and that entertained, far more effectively. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Robert Daniels

Sep 8, 2020

Season 1 Review: While the eight-episode Hulu series “Woke” satirizes the definitions of Blackness and artistic integrity, its inert discussions lead to few laughs. Read full review

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TanyaP

Apr 11, 2022

I really wanted to like this show and was hoping Season 2 would be better than Season 1 (which I couldn't get through). Unfortunately, that's not the case. Same issue: Good acting. But really bad writing. As a result, it never really transcends being hackneyed shallow d-level sitcom fare.I really wanted to like this show and was hoping Season 2 would be better than Season 1 (which I couldn't get through). Unfortunately, that's not the case. Same issue: Good acting. But really bad writing. As a result, it never really transcends being hackneyed shallow d-level sitcom fare. Worse, it's not funny. I'm giving it 3 stars cause I think the actors did a really noble job working these scripts. But it's a hard pass for me. Do better, Woke!… Expand

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Hephaestus1985

Sep 12, 2020

The casting and performances hit the mark. Hard to imagine the underlying premise in the wake of current social circumstances. The series concept was poorly conceived waiting way too long to get to central characters epiphany. I found the performances stellar given the subpar writing andThe casting and performances hit the mark. Hard to imagine the underlying premise in the wake of current social circumstances. The series concept was poorly conceived waiting way too long to get to central characters epiphany. I found the performances stellar given the subpar writing and concept. I only watched this because I am huge Lamorne Morris fan (New Girl) and that alone helped me struggle through all 8 episodes hoping that the writing would improve. This is salvageable but they have to give the concept and writing a much harder look. I won't watch season 2.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

61

Series Overview
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: April 8, 2022
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  S2:E8. Kill Keef Knight
  Air Date: April 8, 2022
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  S2:E7. Black Trauma V
  Air Date: April 8, 2022
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  S2:E6. Black Exceptionalism
  Air Date: April 8, 2022
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  S2:E5. Who's Your Kin
  Air Date: April 8, 2022
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  S2:E4. Sole Train
  Air Date: April 8, 2022
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  S2:E3. Papa's Got a Brand New Boil
  Air Date: April 8, 2022
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  S2:E2. Free At Last
  Air Date: April 8, 2022
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  S2:E1. A Knight in the Park
  Air Date: April 8, 2022
Season 1

61
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 9, 2020