Crow's Feet: Life As We Age
Getting older is not for the faint-hearted, but aging also brings wisdom and humor, a finely-tuned perspective on life. In the Crow's Feet podcast, you’ll hear the voices of writers who will inspire you and often make you laugh about this journey through life. Join our rotating cast of podcast hosts who bring fresh views on life.
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Crow's Feet: Life As We Age
Witches, Bitches, and Geezers: Hollywood Horror Stereotypes of Aging with Cynthia Miller
Villains and victims, evil witches and vengeful scourges—at the movies, getting old is scary business. It also generates big business at the box office. But what do these frightening depictions actually have to say about aging? Host Betsy Allen talks with Cynthia Miller, writer, cultural anthropologist, and college professor, about what Hollywood finds so scary about getting older and how we just might be on the verge of flipping the script.
For more information about books by Cynthia J. Miller.
Movies discussed in our conversation:
- The Brotherhood of Satan (1971)
- Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)
- Drag Me to Hell (2009)
- Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
- The Hunger (1983)
- Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
- Insidious: The Last Key (2018)
- Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)