Emily FinlayStepbrothers - art imitating life
December 8th 2008 14:21
The premise of two childish, unemployed 40 year olds, still living with their respective parents may translate into great comedy but the reality is that the stigma of living with one’s parents well into adulthood is not as absurd as it was once considered.
This is characteristic of generation Y, an anomalous generation. They generally exhibit deferred emotional and intellectual development and, as many have proclaimed, display a ‘sense of entitlement’ and a lack work ethic. They rely on their parents to finance their ambitions and bail them out from mistakes. It has become more common for this newly created category of ‘young’ adult (most likely to address this phenomena) to live at home after they’ve left school, postponing the prospects of a family, a mortgage, dog and 2.5 kids.
So when you watch Will Ferrell and Adam McKay’s on screen reunion after Talladega Nights, their comedic abilities to portray the insolent man-child may very well be hilarious, but that hilarity underpins a social commentary on today’s spoiled gen Y’ers.
This is characteristic of generation Y, an anomalous generation. They generally exhibit deferred emotional and intellectual development and, as many have proclaimed, display a ‘sense of entitlement’ and a lack work ethic. They rely on their parents to finance their ambitions and bail them out from mistakes. It has become more common for this newly created category of ‘young’ adult (most likely to address this phenomena) to live at home after they’ve left school, postponing the prospects of a family, a mortgage, dog and 2.5 kids.
So when you watch Will Ferrell and Adam McKay’s on screen reunion after Talladega Nights, their comedic abilities to portray the insolent man-child may very well be hilarious, but that hilarity underpins a social commentary on today’s spoiled gen Y’ers.
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