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Young people are wrongly targeting their anger against the older generation
Good news: two new comedies hit British cinemas this week. Bad news: they’re both bleak as hell. Especially unexpected in this respect is Nine Lives. It sounded so fluffy: Kevin Spacey’s millionaire executive learns to be a better dad after he’s trapped in the body of a cat by Christopher Walken’s magical pet shop owner. But aside from the odd moment of litter-tray high jinks, this is a family film fixated on divorce, alcoholism, suicide, cyber-bullying, “do not resuscitate” directives and a hostile corporate takeover.
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Maybe if they voted for sensible things they would get a bit more sympathy?
I think the battle between generations is always there. In the 60's it was open hostility. After that people started making money, had meaningful careers, there were real opportunities and it mellowed into a cold war. Now the next generation is facing walls of regulations, costs, debt and a long , dry desert of opportunity stretches before them. That generational rift is getting hot again.
“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.” - Mark Twain