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Saw a movie recently where the 40-ish mother is talking with her teenage daughters. Mom mentions something from the movie This is Spinal Tap (1984). The daughters give Mom this blank look, as if to say "We don't know what you are talking about."
I guess what I'm trying to get at is how older people can know whether younger people will understand what they are talking about when they refer to a book or movie.
A group I am involved with is planning on showing the film Dr. Strangelove (1964). Will people under-40 recognize the movie? Or is this all foreign and ancient history? We don't want to have a screening of the film that people will not attend because they've never heard of it.
I guess what I'm trying to get at is how older people can know whether younger people will understand what they are talking about when they refer to a book or movie.
A group I am involved with is planning on showing the film Dr. Strangelove (1964). Will people under-40 recognize the movie? Or is this all foreign and ancient history? We don't want to have a screening of the film that people will not attend because they've never heard of it.