The age of reboots and sequels: What’s motivating nostalgia bait?

If you’re a millennial or a member of Gen Z and immersed in our culture’s current obsession with reboots, reenactments, sequels, and prequels, then you may be feeling a bit of nostalgia fatigue and asking yourself: Haven’t we been here before? From the recent Mean Girls reboot to upcoming sequels for films like Megamind and Moana, contemporary popular entertainment seems to be rooted in the continuous (re)manufacture of memory. Indeed, the practice of leveraging our fond memories of...