You Can't Make That Today
Nov 29, 2023 ·
1h 13m 38s
Are you easily offended, Slackers? If so, we probably can’t be friends! Have you ever heard someone say, “well, you can’t do that nowadays”? I see this sentiment all the...
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Are you easily offended, Slackers?
If so, we probably can’t be friends! Have you ever heard someone say, “well, you can’t do that nowadays”? I see this sentiment all the time on social media, usually in regards to some tv show or movie from the 70’s, 80’s, or 90’s. But is this how Gen X feels about things?
I have always maintained that Gen X is the least easily offended generation. Our gallows humor & general contempt for being told that we can’t or shouldn’t do something seems to extend into our choices in film, music, & tv viewing.
This week I dig into some lists from around the web that seek to identify the movies that “can’t be made today”. Are some of these movies filled with questionable material? Of course, but since most of these flicks are comedies, that was kind of the point.
The movies that made it on to most of these lists include, Blazing Saddles, Tropic Thunder, Airplane!, Sixteen Candles, and any of the "sex" comedies of the 80’s (Porky’s, Revenge of the Nerds, etc.).
What do you think? Should anything really be completely off limits if it is meant to challenge our own perceptions of society & culture? Isn’t that what good comedy (or any art) is supposed to do?
Let me know!
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If so, we probably can’t be friends! Have you ever heard someone say, “well, you can’t do that nowadays”? I see this sentiment all the time on social media, usually in regards to some tv show or movie from the 70’s, 80’s, or 90’s. But is this how Gen X feels about things?
I have always maintained that Gen X is the least easily offended generation. Our gallows humor & general contempt for being told that we can’t or shouldn’t do something seems to extend into our choices in film, music, & tv viewing.
This week I dig into some lists from around the web that seek to identify the movies that “can’t be made today”. Are some of these movies filled with questionable material? Of course, but since most of these flicks are comedies, that was kind of the point.
The movies that made it on to most of these lists include, Blazing Saddles, Tropic Thunder, Airplane!, Sixteen Candles, and any of the "sex" comedies of the 80’s (Porky’s, Revenge of the Nerds, etc.).
What do you think? Should anything really be completely off limits if it is meant to challenge our own perceptions of society & culture? Isn’t that what good comedy (or any art) is supposed to do?
Let me know!
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