Gen X grew up watching the kind of movies that make Gen-Z and Gen-A faint in horror. We knew a lot of the stuff was borderline bad ... but we just laughed it off ... ridicule helped point out change.

Gen X grew up watching the kind of movies that make Gen-Z and Gen-A faint in horror. We knew a lot of the stuff was borderline bad ... but we just laughed it off ... ridicule helped point out change. So if the new generation says a movie is problematic, I guess that's progress, because societal views have changed to the point were the discomfort is real.

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Gen X grew up watching the kind of movies that make Gen-Z and Gen-A faint in horror. We knew a lot of the stuff was borderline bad ... but we just laughed it off ... ridicule helped point out change.

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Gen X grew up watching the kind of movies that make Gen-Z and Gen-A faint in horror. We knew a lot of the stuff was borderline bad ... but we just laughed it off ... ridicule helped point out change. So if the new generation says a movie is problematic, I guess that's progress, because societal views have changed to the point were the discomfort is real.