From: michael.trew@att.net
On 8/31/2021 4:58 PM, Questor wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Aug 2021 02:09:52 -0000 (UTC), Howard wrote:
>> When The Mary Tyler Moore Show premiered in 1970, Ed Asner was 41. He
>> was just slightly older than actors like Seth Rogan or Jonah Hill are
>> today, but he looked much older.
>>
>> Part of it may be baldness, except there are present day bald actors who
>> are older but who don't look similarly old. Keegan Michael Key, for
>> example, is 50, and Jason Statham is 54.
>>
>> I don't think it was his pudginess -- Seth Rogan and Jonah Hill also
>> tend toward portly, but I think that tends to make them look younger, if
>> anything. And seeing as Asner acted for another 50 years, his general
>> demeanor at 40 wasn't gimpy or achy at all back in 1970.
>>
>> Wilford Brimley and Art Carney are two other actors who played advanced
>> senior citizens in their 50s. Did actors just look naturally older in
>> the past? Was it a function of lighting and makeup? Or do actors today
>> tend to take advantage of surgery, botox, etc. that happens to be
>> extremely natural looking?
>>
>> Or, was it just the case of a bad sample on my part? I know Jack Benny,
>> for example, was known for looking 39 well past his 39th birthday, so I
>> may simply be selecting bad examples to compare.
>
>> Re: Why Did Ed Asner Look So Old?
>
> Genetics, life style (particularly over time), cultural bias, random factors?
I agree. I've noticed, many times, that people 70+ years ago look
"older" than people appear to look today. On top of all else, I think
that the way they dress and compose themselves compared to people today
seems to factor into it. I have a picture of my grandparents here, he
was in his early 40's, grandma in her late 30's. I would have place
them easily at late 40's and early 50's, had I not known them and the
date it was taken.
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