Grown-Ups of the 21st Century - The Little Prince | Renegade Cut

[@ChristopherDraws]

I like to think the line about "we rent apartments because we can't afford to buy houses; we don't have children because we can't afford to; we ride bicycles because we can't afford cars" - isn't purely about affording things financially, but also ethically.

[@samiam2088]

Sure there are ethical arguments, but the fact that the ethics are driven by necessity in real life is a huge deal.

[@hellsbells9837]

As a late Gen Xer (1977 respectively) I find myself to have more in common with those younger than me than the older people. I find myself constantly frustrated by those who think money and power defines you as a person. That there is a "recipe" we have to follow to be an adult. This lead to a lot of dissonance in myself when I was in my 20s, now at 41 I find myself wanting to be authentic and not "growing up". I do not want to become jaded or less hopeful. I tell my children that the people they decide to be as they get older doesn't matter if they follow a "recipe" society tells them they have to follow, that they should create the life they truly desire to live. I wish my parents how instilled these values upon me instead of coming to this conclusion so late. I cried my heart out when I saw this film, it was so moving and the child in me was reminded to see the world as beautiful and the possibility of youth gives me hope. I pray that the new generations do better then our forefathers and learn not to make the same mistakes. And in my small way, I hope I can help guide them into a better future and to be grounded, realistic yet forever hopeful for an authentic, true life.

[@TheSandyDR]

I think this is true of a lot of "Xenials." Depending on the cut off, I missed being a Millennial by like 4 months... so I really do feel like more of Millennial than I do an X-er. Of course, that's the thing about these particular kinds of constructs; they are, by nature, wibbly wobbly. And X is such a "weird generation" that I think putting older X-ers and younger X-ers as one generation is just an uncomfortable sandwiching anyway.

[@cronical246]

The suffering builds character but it never ends

[@renegadecut9875]

Pretty much.

[@ShirDeutch]

Last year I had to translate a research book by two boomer professors about millennials. The basic premise was: the older generation has always frowned upon the younger generation, but this time it's different because these millennials actually do suck. It was excruciating.

[@emilianomontelongo4865]

Brooooo, I can't imagine how annoying reading the whole text word for word and then translating it must have been

[@genesischaparro8954]

The Little Prince, both book and movie, are a blessing that most be spread and protect!

[@criticalthinkingconcubus]

I now realize why this movie didn’t get that much promotion nor was talked about

[@montecristo1845]

For the record, I am 44, married, father of five, primary union job (UPS), secondary creative arts job (freelance book editor), and I completely support AOC and all her ideas. I’m like the adult in every teen dystopian society novel who is secretly a part of the resistance, just too old and busy to attend protests. But you can count on my vote and support.

[@spirithawk6580]

I just realized it's kinda sad that I'm 17 and get anxious that I might not ever get to retire

[@s.u.h.6548]

Get your ass to mars!

[@georges_biscuit4083]

I've been having panic attacks before because I was having problems about my worth as a young person. I always thought that I was like any other young "lazy entitled fools". But when I found out about the little prince it saved me. Nobody knows how to solve this problem of mine. I don't even know how I can explain my problem. Ti's book just came into me and I'm obsessed with it.

[@TheBeird]

Bravo sir, bravo. To possibly quote something that may not have the slightest relation to the content of this essay "We're trapped in the belly of this horrible machine, and the machine is bleeding to death."

[@PeachBoba1523]

I think you hit the nail on the head with that quote.

[@bryanabarca9860]

Fitting, this came out February 8th, which just so happens to be James Dean’s birthday. Le Petit Prince, the French interpretation of this short story, was one of his absolute favorites. We all miss you Jimmy.

[@JohnDRuddyMannyMan]

I can’t believe I missed this episode! It was wonderful! Well done!

[@ShirDeutch]

Such a beautiful movie. It made me cry, and the final moments of your video came close to do that as well. Your work is phenomenal.

[@LittleMissLounge]

I appreciate that your analysis depends on a kind of kinship between Millennials and Gen-Z. I feel like a lot of conversations about generational differences revolve around stark divisions instead of similarities that should bond us instead. I'm a Millennial (born in '89) and while I definitely see the differences in Gen-Z, I think we're more alike than we might think in our wants and needs.

[@dominiccasts]

Having also been born in '89, I often feel like I'm at a weird crossroads. I mean, I was pretty much born into computers and grew up with the internet and feel like a native, much like Gen Z (though not as much Web 2.0 stuff, but even that came in when I was in my early teens), and 90s stuff largely doesn't feel like my culture (I only heard about Vaporwave a couple years ago), but I also remember the brief world where constant existential terror wasn't normal (between the end of the Cold War and 9/11).

[@iceyarticuno]

I admit, I came to this review because watching the movie was agony. I have been struggling so hard in my life to "do the right thing", to be an "adult", to push down everything about myself I love. And I don't know what to do. I know I'm talking into the void right now, but I can't help but to cry. I'm afraid of life. I'm afraid of things I don't understand and I don't know how to do what I love and be successful. I feel...like I have to give up again. Go back to jobs that hurt me, ignore me, use me, because that's what it takes to be successful. I don't know how to live. I don't know if this is asking for help or just...the sheer terror coming out of going yeah, I bought a house. And now I have so much debt when I had none at all. I don't know what jobs to take or what part of myself to sell off just to be "allowed" to live...

[@sbarber8385]

I know it's late but how do you feel now?

[@chrisandres6698]

Well said - I often feel anxious that I’ll never become an adult (i’m almost 40)- it feels both liberating and terrifying

[@georges_biscuit4083]

Yea, I know. We have to deal with climate change. And maybe war that's worse than the older generation's war.

[@fairyonice9504]

older people feel that too!? I'm 17, and everyone is telling me that I'll grow up eventually.

[@go2four]

I have been told that the reason young adults cannot afford to buy a house, is because of avocado toast. Your just not saving enough they say. However, they conveniently look past the fact that there is a housing crisis in the area. If you make an average wage (45k in my area, published by the city) you could save for 20 YEARS and not have enough to buy a house! Oh and that estimate assumes that you are paying NO tax and have No bills and that you don't eat. Sure you could move far away but the family doesn't wants you to.

[@Miraihi]

Finding the job itself is a huge challenge, especially if you want it to be not the lowest of the low.

[@ryokinor6223]

“Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.” -Henry David Thoreau, Walden “You're learning that you do not inhabit a solid, reliable social structure - that the older people around you are worried, moody, goofy human beings who themselves were little kids only a few days ago.” - Kurt Vonnegut “You're only as young as the last time you changed your mind” - Timothy Leary

[@wildmanryanwild]

That was a absolutely accurate look at the differences in the current generations. Like usual that was a excellent job!

[@EdHastingsKillerShrike]

In my experience most of us Gen-Xers have more in common with and tolerance for the succeeding generations (in general) than you seem to want to give us credit for. But good video, and I agree that the Little Prince was a really good movie. I watched it with my own children (who are Gen-Z), and we talked about finding a tradeoff between satisfying your own needs in life as an individual vs "succeeding" or at least "blending in" per the given standards of the society of the era. My daughter really loved the movie and identified with it while my preteen son was kind of "meh" on it (but he's at that age where he's "meh" on most things, he'll grow out of it).

[@bella_daze3092]

I’m a 16-year old girl. I’ve been bullied, but I never gave up. I’m still a kid even if adults have treated me like the adult in the room. I’m still a kid who loves my creativity, my friends, connections, and passions. I wanna become an actress or do something that brings the world joy to others and myself. I don’t want to become jaded, nor do I want to become cold and bitter. I wanna be someone that makes people smile when they’re down. This video and the story of The Little Prince just spoke to me and I loved it.

[@npc7687]

As 20 years old man U r still a kid and enjoy Ur time fr

[@negspirito]

Idk if I heard this somewhere or just made it up myself, but: If to "grow up" is to put away childish things, then I'll start with the most childish thing of all: the desire to "grow up".

[@jordang7479]

I actually sat up straight when you told me to and for a second I was like "can he see me"

[@edatthegovernance]

Leon. You keep getting better.

[@CorrectFossa]

Best rule for what makes an American millennial is that they remember 9/11, but not the Challenger. I find it explains a lot of our view of the world.

[@joanthetraveler3482]

Blake F ironically enough I don't remember 9/11 but the first world event I remember is the Columbia.

[@gastaprasta9596]

I'm not an American so may I ask you what is the Challenger?

[@alanritchie7850]

Gasta Prasta in the 80s we sent up a shuttle called the challenger to space. Only it never got there. It exploded in midair and killed everyone onboard including a school teacher. In was traumatic for many witnesses. Think of it as a much lesser titanic

[@tim7561]

I can’t tell whether I should be sad or hopeful after watching this vid. A sign of some decently complex subject being handled with the care it deserves. Always a pleasure(?) to watch.

[@jesswilliams1436]

Thank you for putting it into words

[@thezongo]

Hey I just want to say I love your videos. It really feels like you put your heart into them. I recently discovered your channel and have spent more than a minute pouring through your vids as the almighty algorithm serves them to me. This video really eloquently articulates this general angst I’ve been feeling for literally years. Thank you. You’re good at what you do Keep doing it Fuck the haters Philosophy is your jam Keep making empathy cool again Party on, Wayne

[@aria5614]

2008 was a great year for me as a kid. I had no idea what was going on until I hit senior year in highschool.

[@SuperPenguinCereal]

This video was great, absolutely loved it

[@ononono7016]

I don't understand how so many young people still endorse capitalism and traditional ideas.

[@ReplicatorFifth]

I loved this episode to death! It’s amazing! Renegade Cut usually makes great videos but this was a work of art.

[@alanritchie7850]

The snake was not a necessarily force of evil. He just offered the prince a way home. It’s ambiguous as to his motives

[@01NeilHD]

In my view, the snake always knew he was going to kill the prince with his bite. But of course the prince would never allow it, so the snake used emotional manipulation to make the prince vulnerable and willing to do anything for his one desire.

[@rphuntarchive1]

Baby Boomers dropped the ball, and Gen X failed to pick it up. Y and Z are victims of this, and of course the usual response is to blame the victims. ========== I define the gens this way: Greatest Generation - became adults in the 1940's Baby Boomers - became adults in the 60's and 70's Generation X - became adults in the 90's Gen Y (Millennial) - became adults in the 00's Gen Z - became adults in the 10's Notice the gaps in the 50's and 80's.

[@minski76]

Millennials aren't doing enough drawings of hats!

[@crystalfairy912]

minski76 It’s an elephant.

[@georges_biscuit4083]

@@crystalfairy912 being swallowed by a snake.

[@annabunovsky5628]

Older generation: you need to grow up and stop acting like a child. Me: I’ve grown up enough to understand that your generation fucked mine over, so I’m just doing my best to get by in the world YOU created

[@keiroty7187]

This is a very good analysis of the little prince

[@pauljohnson271]

You keep getting better and better. One of your best!

[@ryanthomas4078]

Wow..this was beautiful..I needed to hear all of this so badly

[@alisadavies8943]

Very interesting, but don't agree with snake in the story being put in with the others. It was never a villain, it was just the inevitability of death.

[@grandsome1]

When the old generation goes: "Why does generation lambda does gamma?" The answer: "Is it so bad that they ain't you?"

[@Anasilen]

I'm a latecomer but I had to comment because this resonated with me so much. I was born in 88, I'm married and have a school-aged kid, and yet I STILL dont feel like a proper adult by society's standards. And having a kid pushed me from lower-middle class straight into low-class, just teetering on the edge of poverty. So I see all these "why arent millennials having kids?" opinion pieces, compare myself to the people from my high school who DIDNT have kids or who are just starting to now in their 30s, and the answer seems so obvious I wonder why we have to even ask the question.

[@realmchat6665]

So good, and a much needed ray of light and truth in our world.

[@danielladahoui888]

Wonderful video! Makes me appreciate the film a lot more, despite being hesitant over the more modern segments. I wondered whether the film would have worked just fine as just The Little Prince without the little girl, and I wondered whether the message of growing up was forced, however it's a MUCH more relevant message to this day than we give it credit for. Sometimes I wonder if I don't grow up fast enough and it makes me insecure and anxious about my career choices, especially in creative industries like film or musical theatre which I focus on. It makes us think about the different standards we expect from different people, and a lot of it has to do with the generational gap.

[@renegadecut9875]

Glad you liked it.

[@gsommermeyer]

Why depression and suicide rates are so high? Well, that is why

[@Prins_Igor]

oh god the feels thank you

[@BullwinkleFFMn]

I was curious as to why I never heard of this and now I've learned that unless a whole bunch of money is spent on TV ads most people won't know its a thing even if it was a popular book. From Wikipedia: The film was originally set to be released in theatres across the United States on 18 March 2016 before being dropped due to budget cuts; Netflix later acquired the U.S., U.K. and Australia distribution rights and released it on 5 August 2016

[@renatagp7570]

Love this video great take

[@JabamiLain]

I see the Snake more as the darkside of childhood. The inability to struggle against or adapt to the toxic adults, forcing the child to break and be buried under the Earth, because they want to go home. They want to go back to how things were before they saw the outside world.

[@morningstar9818]

i thought steve bannon was gonna be the snake

[@Gruppetstudios]

Stunning

[@chrisnikolov2152]

Thank you for this video

[@CEASR22MANIAK]

Love the new look but it does feel a bit ominous more threatening... I like it.

[@tomboz777]

Excellent as always Leon.👍

[@riccardoolivieri1159]

A cogent analysis of a great movie, culminating in merciless naming of names. This goes straight to the “Fun Radicalization” playlist!

[@didymus3348]

6:06 Bill Maher?

[@robinpullman1488]

Loved it!

[@JabamiLain]

I do believe in sitting straight, for health reasons; My parents do not force me to marry, they say the most important thing for me is to be happy with myself first and foremost; Jobs are still necessary to maintain society working, though I agree our passions should be taken into more consideration; Career is more of a self-imposed thing by me. I say "self-imposed", because I want to have a career based on what I like and am passionate about. And I still believe I can have it.

[@toaofender]

Yikes that was harsh... and wonderful. I loved this movie, now I feel I need to rewatch it.

[@zainmudassir2964]

*2:36* was it the 2008-09 or 2020-21 recession?

[@renegadecut9875]

This video was made in 2019.

[@mootmuse]

I know this is geared toward my generation and younger, but a lot of it felt like things my mom has talked about having faced from the generation before her, too.

[@nealsf]

Thanks for sharing your view on the generation XYZ battle. Great addition to your channel! I often get upset by the entitlement of people in their late 20s, early 30s, and point to failed parenting strategies. Parents growing up in the 70s, rather than the 60s, but never thought about the impact of the intergenerational impact of boomers. Thanks for shifting my view (a little ;-)

[@joanthetraveler3482]

And here we are, us Y and Z generations, joined in mockery of those labeling us as children simultaneously praising or aiding and abetting the biggest fucking child of them all (someone who is among the oldest of the boomers).

[@portentouslad5051]

Did you just insult snakes by calling cucker tarlson one?

[@aria5614]

Who the heck is Tucker Carlson?

[@JabamiLain]

I think I'm gonna subscribe to you.

[@SavagesInMyTown]

good video

[@dawntavishflynn8802]

Yes to everything except the Snake represents Death

[@robinpullman1488]

Kick ass!!

[@cillyhoney1892]

I love AOC

[@MFox-mp3zu]

I don’t know if the year difference changed grown ups drastically, but the new grown ups seem immature

[@shanstergoodheart5177]

I didn't like the end of this film. I didn't like what happened to the little prince. It would have been nice if the film had been discussed a bit more but good points.

[@georges_biscuit4083]

I also don't like how things start to not make sense. Especially the Prince became a lost adult. It confused me. I mean didn't he get himself bitten by the snake to become a star and go back to his rose? It would've been better if the Little Prince was one of the stars that the businessman captured.

[@aobrob9652]

:)