Often when we make predictions about the future we tend to focus on technology, environment, politics…

What if we study more history. Analyse how life has already changed from the past until now. What if we could get a sense of the next 30 years by comparing for example the media we see now compared to ones that were prominent in the past.

Recently we saw EUPHORIA. A truly amazing, deep and heartbreakingly human teen drama series from HBO. ( Imdb Score 8.8 )

EUPHORIA Trailer.

THERE ARE SPOILERS AHEAD IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN EUPHORIA:

Euphoria is a series where the protagonist is a teanage girl suffering from anxiety attacks and bipolar disorder, resorting to drug abuse and addiction, who falls in love with a polyamorous transgender girl in a town with underage drug dealers, cryptohomosexual toxic males and an extremely beautiful and tender chubby girl that makes money out of her dominatrix account in pornhub… Among other raw themes and loads of sex. This is 2021.

Now let’s go back 30 years to 1990 to what was then considered a bold teen series depicting drugs, AIDS, teen pregnancy etc…

BEVERLY HILLS OPENING.

In 30 Years very little has changed when it comes to the main themes of a teen series, the first love, finding your place in society and making amends with your family. However looking at the differences between these two shows makes these 30 years look like a very very long time…

In 1990s there were only white people represented as if other nationalities were almost non-existent.

What about Gender fluidity and sexual orientation?

Accurate and unstigmatised depiction of Mental illness?

Toxic masculinity?

Pornography?

Sex?

And now lets imagine a teen series 30 years from now…

What would a teen drama be like in 2050…

• Cybernetically enhanced athletes
• Robots
• Same sex and polyamorous families
• A.I.sexual and nonbinary people.
• Toxic femininity.
• Political issues ( these are still taboo in the 2020s )

What do you think?

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