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Why Is Gen Z Obsessed with Wes Anderson? - PureWow

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Wes Anderson might hate the fact that I’m going to describe his body of work as social media bait. The director isn’t on social media, an irony considering his aesthetic panders to everything needed for a perfect feed: eye-catching color palettes, perfectly symmetrical shots, quick zooms and quirky moments. So even though Anderson is a Gen X director with a cult millennial following thanks to films like Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums and The Life Aquatic, when we Gen Z-ers see a retro color palette and whimsical locales with a vintage-but-not-quite twist—staples in the Anderson repertoire—we can’t help but be obsessed. Afterall, Gen Z is hyper-visual. We crave pretty things, packaged well. No wonder #WesAnderson has accrued over 1.5 billion views on TikTok. But there’s more to it than simply being “Instagrammable.” (Yes, Gen Z has depth, people.) Let me explain. OG AUNT VIV FROM ‘FRESH PRINCE’ WAS THE DARK-SKINNED, MULTI-DIMENSIONAL ICON WHO HELPED RAISE US ALL Cinema is escapism, no?

Why Is Gen Z Obsessed with Wes Anderson? - PureWow fashion beauty food wellness About Us Style Fashion Beauty Reviews Shopping Food Family Wellness Entertainment News Home Recipes Travel Pets Horoscopes Gift Guides Weddings Cultures Money Books Tech New York Los Angeles SUBSCRIBE entertainment Gen Z Is Suddenly Very Obsessed with Wes Anderson—But Why? By Marissa Wu • Published Jun 3, 2023 Dasha Burobina/PureWow/Focus Features/Kristy Sparow/Stringer/Getty Images Wes Anderson might hate the fact that I’m going to describe his body of work as social media bait. The director isn’t on social media,

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