The term millenial is increasingly becoming a bad word. Most millenials are ashamed of their generation based on judgements made by other generations. These young adults are labeled as “cocky”, “exempt from rules”, the “selfie generation” and told that they are not worth anyone’s time (Mayra, Jimenez “A Gen-Xer's Rant: What's Wrong with My Millennial Employees?”). This stereotype has been pushed on them mainly by the generation before, generation X, and has permanently tarnished the reputation of millenials, just because they grew up in a different time than the generations before. The Flying Lotus music video highlights this very issue by depicting the funeral of two young children, being attended by their family members. The children awake …show more content…
Suddenly, there is a shift in the music and the two children awake in their coffins and jump out. There is no reaction from the adults, showing that they cannot see what these children are doing. As if not knowing that they were just dead, the children make eye contact and immediately begin dancing with each other. Since the two are dancing together, it becomes obvious to the watcher that they can see eachother, but the adults faces do not change. Their emotion stays blank and they are still mourning. In fact, most adults have their eyes closed. From this odd interaction, it can be inferred that the children can see each other because they are from the same generation and they know what their true potential is. They are interacting and having fun and leading the generation. In opposition, there is one man in particular who shows the adults cannot see them. As the kids are dancing directly in front of his face, his glare continues to the sky. In addition, a glare can be seen reflecting off his glasses, making him look as if he is almost blind. This again parallels, to how the adults are blind of the capability and extreme talent of the kids dancing in front of …show more content…
At first the other children cannot see them. They continue playing their games, three girls are jumping rope and two playing pattycake. These kids are the ones of the generation who are not proud to be a millenial. They believe that what the older generations is true, that the kids their age have no potential and no future. According to Bustle.com, “only about 40 percent of people age 18 to 34 describe themselves as "Millennials," (Emma Cuteo, “Millennials Don't Want To Be Called Millennials, But Here's Why We Shouldn't Be Ashamed To Be Part Of Our Generation”). Most millenials are ashamed of who they are and do not see the potential of their generation. Slowly, the children start to notice them. A small girl watches them dance and the jump roper turns her head towards them. The big change comes when the dances jump in a hearse and start driving away, immediately being chased by all of the other kids. At this moment, the kids start to see the amazing things that these two young people are doing, people part of their generation, and they too begin to see their own potential. The video ends with them driving off, leading the kids into the future to take their roles as the new leading