A taxonomy of aging based on the elder tree
Another attempt to find inoffensive terms for the inoffensive concept of being almost old, old, and extremely old. It’s fun.
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A popular play about an unpopular topic: old age
Extreme old age may be unpopular, but strangely, this simple, subtle play about the topic is selling out.
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An age-diverse cast reflects temporal vertigo in old people
Why use actors in their 40s, 50s, 70s and 80s for characters in their 90s? The director of Secret Lives of Extremely Old People has good reasons.
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Resilience in war and old age
Nonagenarians interviewed for my new play showed the same resilience as blogger Mrs Carnevali in her late 90s and psychologist Dr Alia Bojilova at gunpoint.
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That’s an interesting question. Really?
You hear it again and again in author interviews: “That’s an interesting question.” But what does it really mean?
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