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I genuinely, GENUINELY, hate the whole "you aren't the target audience" excuse. I'm not the same demographics as my siblings (much younger than I am) and we don't always enjoy the same things. Does that mean I shouldn't care about anything geared towards them, care about what it's teaching them or it's messaging and themes, or the quality of the thing they're watching?

For one: I'm the one who has to deal with it if they don't enjoy it or if it encourages them to think/act a certain way. Same thing when your kids get all rowdy, because you took them to a live action Disney remake or a movie where the plot is barely there because 'quality doesn't matter when it comes to children'.

For two: Does they understand why I get him high quality things? Probably not. Would they notice if I gave them something low quality? Guaranteed. Eventually your kid is going to realize you don't care about the quality of the things you provide them, be it media or otherwise, and I doubt they'll appreciate the lack of concern.

Thirdly: Yeah, you and I aren't the target demographic, and neither are the people making the movies. So they don't really know what your kids want either so why not make something good for everyone? Why not make something artistically and narratively satisfying? Why not put your all into the thing you're making or taking an active concern in the things they are watching. You can't rely on some faceless corporation to do that for you because they don't even know you exist, and unless you have fat cash, they never will.

Kids aren't as stupid as you like to think, and you should still take an interest into the things they consume. Mostly because, as they've proven time and time again, they (corporations, companies, etc.) don't care about artistic integrity or what values they're instilling into your children. They'll do the bare minimum, and as long as you keep throwing money at them and defending them from criticism because of "target demographics" and all that, they're going to keep doing the barest minimum possible. In short, they don't give a single shit about what they're showing your kids because you don't care what you're showing your kids.

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I've come to the dawning realization that I'm not the target demographic for The Time Traveler's Wife on HBO Max. I'm a huge fan of the book but the show's not for me, it's for Stephen Moffat fangirls. I feel like Hank Hill when he took Bobby and his girlfriend to the 4Skore concert

"Sir, the parent's section is in the skybox."

"Uh, I came to see the show..."

"Trust me sir, you wanna be in the parent's section. This is a boy band."

Same thing happened when I went to see The Fault in Our Stars in 2014. I liked the book, but I was the only 17 year old guy in the whole theater, it was mostly tween girls. That's not to say I can't still watch stuff made for other demographics, I just need to stop expecting everything to be up my alley by default. It's intended for very different people, and that's okay.

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