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Generation View Of Reality
Generation's View of Reality
Ben Stiller's 1994 film, Reality Bites, portrays the broad based struggles of
America's twentysomethings through a lighthearted glimpse into the lives of the movie's main
characters. Four friends, recently graduated from college, find themselves over-educated and
under-employed, a theme reiterated in the lives of many Generation Xers according to critic
Marilyn Gardner. She states, "unemployment is higher for those under 25 then it is for the
workforce as a whole." (pg. 14, col. 1) Though Reality Bites bills itself as "a comedy about love
in the 90's," the film is more of a commentary
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