Yes, I dislike this as well. Target demographics are mostly for marketing (unless it’s early development educational media or something) and as writers like Philip Pullman said “I’m against anything, from age-ranging to pinking and blueing, whose effect is to shut the door in the face of children who might enjoy coming in. No publisher should announce on the cover of any book the sort of readers the book would prefer. Let the readers decide for themselves.” Which could be applied to adult readers too.
What makes something adult, anyway? I often find “adult” media like Game of Thrones to have a more “immature” view of the world than all ages media. Often I wonder if these things are called “adult” because they paint a nihilistic, spiritbroken view of the world where nothing can ever fundamentally be better. Almost like a capitalist societies way of training people to accociate adulthood with compliance to an unjust and depressing system that cannot be challenged.
Usually I hear it from adults in my life who want me to watch a Frozen or something. There’s plenty of good stuff aimed at kids out there, but just like I’m not about to watch This is US cause my parents like it, I’m not watching Frozen cause a co-worker recommended it. It depends on the thing, I’m vehemently pro Muppets but anti Shrek if that clarifies anything
Feel like shit, just want him and his excessive emojis back.
Yes, I dislike this as well. Target demographics are mostly for marketing (unless it’s early development educational media or something) and as writers like Philip Pullman said “I’m against anything, from age-ranging to pinking and blueing, whose effect is to shut the door in the face of children who might enjoy coming in. No publisher should announce on the cover of any book the sort of readers the book would prefer. Let the readers decide for themselves.” Which could be applied to adult readers too.
What makes something adult, anyway? I often find “adult” media like Game of Thrones to have a more “immature” view of the world than all ages media. Often I wonder if these things are called “adult” because they paint a nihilistic, spiritbroken view of the world where nothing can ever fundamentally be better. Almost like a capitalist societies way of training people to accociate adulthood with compliance to an unjust and depressing system that cannot be challenged.
Usually I hear it from adults in my life who want me to watch a Frozen or something. There’s plenty of good stuff aimed at kids out there, but just like I’m not about to watch This is US cause my parents like it, I’m not watching Frozen cause a co-worker recommended it. It depends on the thing, I’m vehemently pro Muppets but anti Shrek if that clarifies anything