Published on
Sep 22, 2025
Feisty, frail or fiendish: why do film-makers still insist on shoving older characters into stereotypes?
A decade and a half ago, in 2009, I watched over 300 films, and I counted only three featuring senior citizens in significant roles. But the times they are a-changing, because leading characters of pensionable age are all over the place nowadays, whether …
Source:
The Guardian
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Center-left
