The cult of the Kidult
Why growing up is a thing of the past
In the second part of his 2014 documentary on Brutalism Jonathan Meades tries to show how childish we have become. He sits in a tiger onesie stuffing crisps into his face whilst reading a Harry Potter book.
“The more we have been consulted as consumers, the more we have elected to be fed drivel”, he says, pointing out that the people of “50 years ago adu…
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