90s cinema is gone for good: nostalgia, censorship and the myth
Nostalgia for 90s teen comedies clashes with today's self-censorship. Film is losing ground to TV series, and the debate over wokeness divides audiences.
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Is 90s cinema over? Nostalgia, censorship and the TV business
Two decades on, the American teen comedy of the 90s has become a cultural fossil. Films like "Not Another Teen Movie" would today be fodder for controversy, if not for prison, some claim. The question of whether "they just don't make movies like they used to" hides a deeper debate: has pogre killed entertainment cinema, or have we simply changed medium?
Revisionism condemns the teen comedies
Those who grew up with those comedies claim them as part of their sentimental education, but on revisiting them admit they have aged badly. The argument that "they were bad then and they're bad now" clashes with nostalgia for an era when, according to some, "you didn't see invaders on the streets". The underlying irony is that the very films that would today be branded "proge" for their political incorrectness are defended precisely for lacking it.
The business has moved to TV series
The real paradigm shift is not in the content but in the format. TV series have absorbed the talent, the budget and the young audience. "The business is in series now, and honestly, they're good," goes the argument, while theatrical cinema faces an ideological scrutiny that never existed before. The result is a polarized industry: teen comedies that are no longer made, but aren't honestly championed either. Audiences are split between those looking on streaming platforms for something they no longer find at the box office and those who look with contempt at "rat-kid garbage".
The paradox is served: we miss a cinema that was often bad, but at least didn't censor itself. Or maybe the 90s really were the golden age of teenage transgression, and today it's time to grow up on TV.
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Two decades on, the American teen comedy of the 90s has become a cultural fossil. Films like "Not Another Teen Movie" would today be fodder for controversy, if not for prison, some claim. The question of whether "they just don't make movies like they used to" hides a deeper debate: has pogre killed entertainment cinema, or have we simply changed medium?
Revisionism condemns the teen comedies
Those who grew up with those comedies claim them as part of their sentimental education, but on revisiting them admit they have aged badly. The argument that "they were bad then and they're bad now" clashes with nostalgia for an era when, according to some, "you didn't see invaders on the streets". The underlying irony is that the very films that would today be branded "proge" for their political incorrectness are defended precisely for lacking it.
The business has moved to TV series
The real paradigm shift is not in the content but in the format. TV series have absorbed the talent, the budget and the young audience. "The business is in series now, and honestly, they're good," goes the argument, while theatrical cinema faces an ideological scrutiny that never existed before. The result is a polarized industry: teen comedies that are no longer made, but aren't honestly championed either. Audiences are split between those looking on streaming platforms for something they no longer find at the box office and those who look with contempt at "rat-kid garbage".
The paradox is served: we miss a cinema that was often bad, but at least didn't censor itself. Or maybe the 90s really were the golden age of teenage transgression, and today it's time to grow up on TV.
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