The TV/entertainment
business has traditionally been a young person’s game, so I’m not surprised by
this mindset. But as more and more
people stay healthy into their 70s and 80s, maybe it’s time to let older people
remain part of the workforce for as long as they want – if nothing else, to
share what they’ve learned.
I’ve tried over the past few
years to change my freelance business to be self-sustaining, so that I don’t
have to work for others, and can only work on my own projects. Sure, there will
always be TV shows and movies for all ages.
But I think that increasingly, there will be room for media by and for
an older audience.
So I’ve written a
screenplay, soon to be published as a novella, that tackles the subject of
finding redemption and new possibilities while entering the golden age of
life. It’s about re-inventing yourself
at the age of 60+, and ignoring the voices of those who tell you to relax and
enjoy the grandkids, maybe take a nice cruise.
Because your life is over. You’ve
paid your dues, you’ve worked at your job, your children are grown up, and now
it’s time to shuffle out of the igloo, onto the endless ice floe like a
leathery old Eskimo matriarch. You’re
useless - you can no longer sew seal-leather mittens with your teeth.
Personally - I’m going to
lace on my ice skates, grab a big, scary spear and go look for polar bear.
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