NEW YORK—Standing before a crowd of millennials, Gen Xers, and baby boomers, members of Generation Z announced at a press conference Wednesday that actress Julie Andrews was problematic, but they refused to explain why. “You know what she did—you just don’t want to admit it,” said Gen Z spokesperson Taylor Collaco,…
Is this a reference to the song “How do you solve a problem like Maria?” Or is there some other joke I’m missing?
The joke is “Gen z stereotypically finds many things problematic but won’t explain why when asked because ‘you should already know’” mentality held by many in older generations is being satirized by the Onion.
However I literally just watched sound of music last week and I didn’t even make that connection!
" problematic" lmao Mother Abbot probably wrote the article.