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Which books, movies, etc. do you think get twenty-somethings fairly realistically, and/or which ones do you think get them pretty unrealistically? Or are somewhere in between?

Or just use this as an excuse to gab about your favorite media about twenty somethings.

The characters on Friends were supposed to be in their early to mid twenties the first few seasons, but they seemed way more "established" than most of the ones I know now (although it's also hard for me to believe they're in their mid 30s later on as they still act like they're fresh out of college). Some of this might be the difference between their and my generation, although I have a sister around that age and she and her friends weren't really "there" at their age either.

Monica was a diner waitress, Chandler was temp doinf data processing, and Joey was a struggling actor. The only one who's was unrealistically together was Ross. Well, and Phoebe had to do something but god knows what.

I actually think Death Note handles its brilliant teenage protagonist fairly realistically. Light does make some brilliant plans in the series, but he makes such emotional, egotistical, boneheaded moves as well that are typical of an adolescent.

His philosophy is also so teenager-y that re-reading it now, I can definitely tell why it was so popular with adolescents.

Some of it does stretch credulity though. Like Naomi. And there are moments that are just a tad too convenient for him. But I always enjoyed how the character was handled.

Roseanne realistically portrays all the characters where most people would be depending on age.

+1 though it's verrrrrrry dated now LOL

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(Anonymous) - 2015-01-12 03:26 (UTC) - Expand

Yeah. And their house looked like the house of a working class family, i.e. not suspiciously huge with furniture that looked like real people owned it and owned it for years.

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We are assuming last season never happened right? :|

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kaijinscendre - 2015-01-11 23:45 (UTC) - Expand

Yeah. Apparently she had to fight the costume department to stop them putting her in designer labels, because that's what every other TV show just naturally did, so it was what they were used to.

Glee has high schoolers acting more like college kids in some respects, imho. Being able to afford hotel rooms for quick hookups? Artie being surprised Rachel was a virgin? I know kids had sex in high school obviously, my friend was pretty much Santana, but... there's an adulthood about how stuff like that is approached. Not to mention the song choices, although I've since met 23 year olds (who would've been the kids' age when the show first aired) who know Britney Spears and The Backstreet Boys, so I may be wrong about that one.

I'm 23, and Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys were at their peak popularity right around the time I was old enough to start caring about music.

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I'm 21 and I know people my age who like Britney and the Backstreet Boys, I don't see how that is weird? Even if they weren't into them at the peak they were aware they existed/had older siblings/liked them a little after that?

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(Anonymous) - 2015-01-11 23:25 (UTC) - Expand

Dead Like Me tv show.

I was beginning to think no one remembered this show. What do you think?

What is realistically, though? I feel like even b the time I graduated, lives of my peers had already started to diverge so much from mine, it's hard to conve the "real" experience for everyone.

Yeah, this. I'd say that the clear difference between "realistic" and "unrealistic" depictions exists either for really young characters (say, under 19) or for characters who find themselves in age-related psychological situations whose impact is well known/researched (middle life crisis?).

But "twenty-something" is a horribly vague description, and I don't think there are any psychological characteristics that could be said to belong exclusively to this broad group. Hence there can hardly be an "unrealistic depiction" of a twenty-something character, unless the depiction in question is also unrealistic in general.

I can't watch 13 Going On 30 anymore because of how accomplished it shows the main character, mostly because I'm teetering on the edge of 29 and I don't have my life in order like that whatsoever.

Added to the fact that I can't magically date Mark Ruffalo and this movie makes me more frowny than fluffy.

OH MY GOD THAT WAS MARK RUFFALO

brb rewatching

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(Anonymous) - 2015-01-11 22:48 (UTC) - Expand

Yeah, there are 30 year olds like that, but... it's not at all a realistic depiction of 30.

I don't remember much about that movie, but I remember at the end when they got married (when she was 30 "for real") I said "And they divorced six months later." So I know something about it ticked me off and something about making up that headcanon made me feel better about it.

I think it's because there's this disconnect with the story (which is very reflective of its Gen X writers and Gen X characters) and that's not really relatable for a lot of Millenials now hitting 30.

Also movie characters are always too good to be true. Duh. ;)

Scott Pilgrim IMO gets it right, sorta. Strip away the video game and manga silliness and it's clear pretty much everyone in that comic is kind of a broken hipster just trying to muddle through their life. It's easy to bash Scott for being a manchild but it's really telling that only the snarky redhead was smart enough to get out when the current situation clearly wasn't working.

Yeah, that's what I was going to say. A lot of my friends and my younger brother remind me of Scott Pilgrim folks. That kind of drifting aimlessness, and existential itchiness.

The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal does a pretty good job too, though it goes at it from a completely different direction. I personally identified way more with their bullshit than Scott Pilgrim.

Buffy and her friends post-graduation really resonated with me. Especially all the failed attempts to find themselves. Xander's roadtrip and living with his parents and feeling left out, Buffy's dropping out and taking jobs she hates, Willow choosing horrible coping methods when things don't go her way.

Mostly I like that everyone does not have their shit together.

Cartoon elements aside, Avenue Q actually does a decent portrayal of twenty-somethings (and early thirties-somethings), for a specific value of post-college twenty-somethings.

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