Narration Demo Reel - Non Fiction

The 25th anniversary of Reality Bites led to discussions about the legacy of Generation X. The New York Times had a package featuring exaggerated headlines about Generation X. Some of the content was similar to previous attempts to describe Generation X in 1990. Generation X was excluded from a CBS infographic and this was seen as significant. There is a growing possibility that Generation X will be the only demographic group to never produce an American president. The 25th anniversary of Reality Bites coincided with, and likely prompted, a glut of retrospective discussion about the legacy of Gen X. Most notably, a package in the style section of the New York Times that featured hyperventilating headlines like, actually, Gen X did sell out, invent all things millennial, and cause everything else that's great and awful. Some of the content seemed identical to the much maligned attempts at describing Generation X in 1990, the colorful diversity of Benetton Magazine advertisements, et al. A common reference point was a CBS infographic from January of 2019, listing all the various generations from 1928 to the present, except for Generation X, which was entirely excluded. This erasure was seen as meaningful, as was the increasing likelihood that Generation X would be the only canonical demographic to never produce an American president.