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azuarc posted...

The problem is that we used to pass down movies. Kids of the 40s watched The Wizard of Oz, so their children in the 60s watched it, so their children in the 80's and 90's watched it.

But there's too much media today. We were once limited to only 6 or 7 TV shows before cable. We didn't have 8 billion content creators at our fingertips on the internet. We certainly didn't have streaming services. So cultural awareness has become way too fragmented, and there's this massive divide between pre-internet and post-internet. Sure, you can find movies that weren't originally digital on Netflix, but you have to seek them out.

I've made this argument before regarding video games, but it's far more true for other components of culture. I suspect the answer is going to be something that's not actually a movie, which has been handed to younger generations because it's important, goshdarnit! Like, I dunno, the moon landing or something. That doesn't have quite the same imprint on most of us born after the 60's, but at least we know about it.

Great analysis. I remember as a kid having vhs tapes of almost all the disney movies throughout the decades. Now most kids today havent even seen the Renaissance movies, much less anything before that. although the advent of Disney+ and the live action remakes has maybe changed that a little bit.

There is definitely more media than ever before, specifically more low quality content media. Kids can spend hours just watching crap on Youtube. Not even tv or movies. Just crap from different people's channels. Media overload just doesnt leave any time for the classics.

I would say Wizard of Oz was a great answer maybe circa year 2000. But not anymore. That along with Mary Poppins and other icons of old are finally being laid to rest, and by the next generation will just be obscure trivia.

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