Portrayal of elderly characters

Portrayal of elderly characters

Question 1
Watch at least 60 minutes of TV, focusing on the depiction of older adults. Analyze and discuss TV programming in the context of at least two of the following:

Portrayal of elderly characters
Intergenerational themes
Conflict in relation to the older population
Aging stereotypes or myths
Cultural diversity in relation to quality of care
your answer

The Portrayal of Elderly Characters

On television, today, if a character goes crazy, makes extravagant comments to a person of the opposite sex or is intrigued by fundamental things, this character will probably have silver hair. In one way or another, the divine beings of television have chosen disgusting, inappropriate or idiotic actors for old characters. Or again, all three. See, for example, what they did with poor Margo Martindale, an award-winning Emmy artist named Tony. Currently plays the mother of the character of Will Arnett in the parody of CBS “The Millers.” A complete secondary plot at the beginning of the settlement was worked around his belly, explicitly gas. In this equivalent scene, Beau Bridges, another Emmy champion who plays his other important role, is not apt to use a wireless phone properly (The Millers First Look, 2013).

Intergenerational Themes