Time Goes By

Geena Davis in "Grey's Anatomy"

Fighting Against Sexism, Homophobia, Racism, and Ageism on our Screens

1 Comment / News / By Virginia DeBolt / February 29, 2016 / After Ellen, After Elton, ARRAY Now, Ava DuVernay, elders rock, Geena Davis, Institute on Gender in Media, Karen Frost, Motto series, Ronni Bennett, The DuVernay Test, Time Goes By

So many things need to be changed in the way women, LGBT people, people of color, and the old are depicted on our screens, it sometimes seems overwhelming. After Drea’s guest post from last week, this seemed a good time to mention some leaders fighting to change the dismal facts of the situation in our culture. I want to highlight …

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Ian McKellen in Mr. Holmes

Reprint: A Good Year for Elder Actors

2 Comments / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / December 24, 2015 / 45 years, Al Pacino, Blythe Danner, Charlotte Rampling, Creed, Danny Collins, elders rock, Grace and Frankie, Grandma, Harrison Ford, Harvey Keitel, Helen Mirren, I'll See You In My Dreams, Ian McKellen, Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Maggie Smith, Martin Sheen, Michael Caine, Mr. Holmes, Quentin Tarantino, Robert DeNiro, Ronni Bennett, Sam Elliott, Sam Waterston, Samuel L. Jackson, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Sylvester Stallone, The Hateful Eight, The Intern, The Lady in the Van, Time Goes By, Tom Courtenay, Woman in Gold, Youth

[This post originally appeared at Time Goes By, written by Ronni Bennett. Thanks to Ronni for allowing me to reprint it here.] Not infrequently, I grumble out loud around here about how few roles, especially major roles, there are in film for elder actors. Our generation doesn’t get much representation on what in our youth was called the silver screen. …

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