Elderblogger Movie Time
September 22nd, 2006 
by Susan Harris
In the summer of 2005, as I was eagerly perusing the Internet for gardenblogs, an article in the Washington Post about "elderbloggers" led me to the unrivaled Queen of Elderbloggers, Ronni Bennett. That link outlines her long and illustrious career as a radio and television producer (think Barbara Walters, Matt Lauer, and Ronni’s own ex-husband, a "radio gadfly" over on Sirius, and more). And this actual journalist is covering the increasingly hot topic of What It’s Really Like to Get Older.
So what does that have to do with me? Well, this very blog is listed on Ronni’s long blogroll of the
over-50 set (and I didn’t exactly squeek by under the rules, but who’s to know?) and I’m one of her loyal readers and commenters. Okay, maybe not when she gets all exact and well researched on Medicare Part B. (I’ll read that stuff when I have to and not before.) And after I was featured in a D.C. story about bloggers of a certain age, Ronni and I have chatted via email about story ideas.
Which leads me to the moral of this story: Don’t suggest a story idea to somebody unless you’re prepared to write about it yourself. See, when I suggested she critique the new eldersex comedy movie "Boynton Beach Club," she told me she wouldn’t being seeing it til it was out on DVD and how would I like to review it myself?
Now who among us can resist the opportunity to be a guest blogger/reviewer/know-it-all? Not me! So my buddy Joell and I headed to the multiplex and the result is now up on Ronni’s outstanding site, Time Goes By. Stop by and say hello, even if you’re too young to remember "Laugh-In." (We like younger people just fine; it’s the young and stupid we eviscerate on a regular basis.)
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September 22nd, 2006 at 2:26 pm
Aw, aren’t you nice to say to those things. And you wrote a sensational review. Now that I’m living in the hinterlands of Portland, Maine, I may be forced to wait until the movie it out on DVD, but thanks to you, I’ll order it as soon as it’s available.
Well done, Susan.
September 22nd, 2006 at 11:45 pm
You wrote a smashing movie review, Susan! Time Goes By was very smart to call on you. I chimed in with some comments, since I saw the movie earlier this week.
Like you I am ignoring any information about medicare now -it seems more sensible to wait until it becomes relevant. Not only does all the information keep changing, but who knows what will still be there by the time we’re old enough to need it??
Annie
September 24th, 2006 at 2:39 pm
susan, good and useful review. linked to you and millie garfield to blog about senior actors and theatre. will watch for “boynton beach” locally. thanks too for your comments on altered states of being by actresses. do you see a future where we have not a clue how old anyone is? -naomi
September 27th, 2006 at 12:04 pm
Susan - two more ‘must see’ moies for you:
The Last Kiss (out now)
terrific older, complex romance
and
Keeping Mum (out soon)
funny, dark and so truthful
BTW I thought “Mum” was going to have more garden references than it did - but there are a few snuck in there