Perhaps... yes and no to your question? Overall, there are probably fewer people in Gen Z in general who even KNOW who Judy was and who have much of an appreciation for Babs. I'm an "elderly millennial" myself and, candidly, Babs didn't mean much to me growing up or in my younger days. I think that's more to do with her output, though. I find much of her post 60s/early 70s output relentlessly schmaltzy. Judy's life (and early death) were, of course, full or tragedy. Perhaps one bright spot of dying young is that you leave us before your work perhaps doesn't... age as well. I still look back on some of Judy's performances with total awe.
All that said, perhaps proportionality matters. I have no data to prove this, but I'd guess that, of the members of Gen Z who are familiar with and/or appreciate Judy and/or Babs, a larger proportion of them are young gay men vs. the gen pop. My source: my handful of Gen Z gay male friends. |
