Every new teen drama wants to be the show that gets Generation Z right. Capturing that vulnerable part of life with drugs, pimples and awkward sex is not exactly an easy task â especially when the seriesâ director, Daniel Barnz, is a 50-year-old man. HBOâs new series âGenerationâ is one of many valiant attempts to encapsulate the Gen Z experience, but this showâs effort ends up feel- ing more like a knock-off brand of its popular counterpart âEuphoriaâ than an introspective look into teenage life. But âGenerationâ does find some sense of stable footing in reality, thanks to 19-year-old queer screenwriter Zelda Barnz.