In September this year, upon receiving the award for Best Comedy at the Emmys, the creator of “Hacks “, Paul W. Downs highlighted the importance of portraying a 60-year-old woman on television. According to what he highlighted, although 20% of the American population is over 60 years old, only 3% of characters on TV fall into this age group .
Mike Schur creator of series such as “The Good Place “, which now launches “Um Espião Infiltrado” on Netflix also believes in the importance of addressing ageism on television. In an interview with CNN he stated: “Every product advertised on TV is about ‘apply this to your face and you’ll look younger’ or ‘do this and you’ll feel younger’. It’s always about youth, youth, youth.”
“I don’t understand that. I mean, I think I understand intellectually, but getting older is the best we can hope for in our lives it is not? The alternative to aging is… well, that’s definitely not a good thing,” he continued. Your new production has Ted Danson as a 70-year-old grandfather who decides to become an undercover spy, as the title suggests.
“I started to wonder why we don’t deal with aging more directly — more honest and good-humored”, he adds. “We should talk about this more and create more roles for older actors . We need more stories that explore people’s inner lives as they age.”
In the new Netflix comedy, we follow Charles, a retired professor who, after the death of his wife, leads a monotonous life far from his daughter. When you see an ad looking for a private detective, He decides to reinvent himself and take on the mission of going undercover to uncover the theft of a valuable family heirloom. .
As the creator explained, the main reason why he decided to write the series, inspired by the documentary “Agende Duplo”, was the opportunity to show that the old people are still alive, thriving and interesting . “I just wanted to write about it. I felt like it was a neglected audience, honestly”, he concludes.
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This content was originally published in “Um Espião Infiltrado”, which aims to explore ageism on television, explains the creator on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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