Eat the Rich: Classism in the UK Entertainment Industry, Pt. 3 [ONTD Original]

[jdnightghobhadi]

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[jdnightghobhadi]

[poisoned_summer]

someone i was surprised to learn wasn't as posh as i thought is hugh grant. his dad was in the army and his mother was a teacher and i saw him say in an interview he really did grow up in the 'dodgy end' like in love actually. he went to a fancy school and to oxford but he got scholarships to both in the 70s/80s when the government had grants and stuff for poor kids

[jdnightghobhadi]

Wow, what? Whoa, I thought he would be one of the uber posh variety bc he plays characters like that so well. Welp, themoreyouknow.gif.

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[fernandocolunga]

Lmao for some reason this makes me happy because I always really liked him and how vocal he’s been about the political mess in the UK but he got a bit typecast as your regular posho so basically he took jobs from the Eddie redmaynes of few world big up hugh

[jdnightghobhadi]

Thank you, bb! <3

Sorry for the edits! Idk bb, it's kinda debatable. I'm still not sure of the exact distinctions myself bc the only gen that is clearly defined are Baby Boomers. I'm pretty sure most are agreeing now that Millennials cut off at 1996 and Gen Z begins in 1997 (I think bc 1996 kids would have been 4, 5 when 9/11 happened, I personally remember shit from when I was 3, and kids at the 1997 cut-off for Gen Z are arguably too young to remember that)? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennials

I guess knowing that, Sophie is a... what's the word for really young Millennials (like with people's births that overlapped the Gen X and Millennial cut-off, the Xennials)?

It's crazy honestly, bc she's only three years younger than me, so I guess I consider her a young Millennial like me. But she could be an older Gen Z.

[fernandocolunga]

I think I’m the same age as you and when I meet people Sophie’s age Or people born in like 1991 I have similar conversations in terms of references so to me it makes sense. My little cousin was born in 2003 and with him I can really tell the difference and the fact we’re from a different generation like he makes me feel ancient

[jdnightghobhadi]

I'm a '93 Millennial and turned 26 less than four months ago. I get you on the cousins. My youngest cousin was born in 2014 and one of my other cousins was born in 1999 and doesn't remember 9/11. My cousin closest in age to me is Sophie's age and is just getting done with college (I graduated two, almost three years ago by this summer). My oldest cousins were born some years before I was and are young Gen Xers/older Millennials with memories of the late 80s/early 90s. My childhood memories remain in the mid-90s/pre 9/11 landscape. Generational distinctions can be weird like, aside from Baby Boomers (1946-1964) which was based on birth rates, why do all generations that were identified before or after span between 15, 20 years? If you're a young parent, you can be the same generation as your kid depending on the cut-off. And I know Baby Boomers born in 1952, 1958 and 1964 don't relate to each other or with the boomers born in 1946. Six years is a HUGE difference for cultural references/experiences when you're a kid/teen.

[miamaimi]

that Patrick Stewart bit was heart-wrenching :(

[archersangel]

I went to public school in the U.S.
I'm just as poor as I was then and vast majority of the kids came from middle-class families. There were a few that were in the upper-middle/lower-upper class grouping though.
And rarely did a month go by where they didn't remind me (as if I needed it) that their families had more money than mine. Either by outright saying it or being subtle, by mentioning the new car their dad got or a vacation they went on.

That's why I don't understand these actors that say "I didn't know we were poor growing up." If you went to school with any kids who's families had more money than yours, they let you know you were poor.