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  • Op Ed: I Convinced My Gen Z Kids to Watch "Dead Poets Society" and Their Angry Reactions Surprised Me

    ANNIE RENEAU, Upworthy.com|Jan 15, 2025

    As a Gen X parent of Gen Z teens and young adults, I’m used to cringing at things from 80s and 90s movies that haven’t aged well. However, a beloved movie from my youth that I didn’t expect to be problematic, “Dead Poets Society,” sparked some unexpected negative responses in my kids, shining a spotlight on generational differences I didn’t even know existed. I probably watched “Dead Poets Society” a dozen or more times as a teen and young adult, always finding it aesthetically beautiful, tragically sad, and profoundly inspiring. That...