Corporations market to that demographic, because their brains aren’t fully developed yet and you get in there before they know better.
For media like TV/movies, it’s partly the same thing, but also lowest common denominator. All the target demos can identify with a story based in highschool because they’ve all lived it.
That’s why in John Wick he avenged his dog, a 12 year old boy understands that waaaaay more than losing a child. So even tho that would make the movie make way more sense, he goes all Liam Niessens over a pet.
In an ultra capitalist society, everything else always take a backseat to marketing, including the plots.
We don’t…
Corporations market to that demographic, because their brains aren’t fully developed yet and you get in there before they know better.
For media like TV/movies, it’s partly the same thing, but also lowest common denominator. All the target demos can identify with a story based in highschool because they’ve all lived it.
That’s why in John Wick he avenged his dog, a 12 year old boy understands that waaaaay more than losing a child. So even tho that would make the movie make way more sense, he goes all Liam Niessens over a pet.
In an ultra capitalist society, everything else always take a backseat to marketing, including the plots.