Gen Z’s anti-sex crusade will kill good movies and TV
nypost.comdoes Gen Z like?Not much. A depressing new study found that stick-in-the-mud young people have decided they’re through with entertainment that depicts sex and romantic relationships.Oh, terrific.
More of their buzzkilling nonsense. A hefty 51.5% of respondents aged 10 to 24 said that instead of heat they want movies and TV shows about those scintillating and gripping, er, platonic friendships.You know, “When Harry Met Sally for a Weekly Half-Hour Coffee to Discuss Work” or “Like Actually.” And my personal favorite, “Absolutely Nothing Happened One Night.”This chic puritanism comes one year after the same surveying organization, UCLA, reported that 13-to-18-year olds also reject “aspirational stories” — a k a anything to do with the rich and famous.With all this pickiness, what will they actually watch?
A screensaver?So far, we’ve eliminated romance, wealth and power. Sorry, “Yellowstone,” “The Crown,” “Succession” and “House of the Dragon” (can’t imagine teens are clamoring to binge a tale of prestigious royal incest).
And many of the major Best Picture Oscar contenders have some sexuality or an affair of the heart sprinkled in, so “Oppenheimer,” “Past Lives,” “Killers of the Flower Moon” and “Maestro” are out.The damn kids are whittling down the tree trunk of great drama to a wimpy toothpick.The No.
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