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ELDERMAN! THE NEWEST OLD SUPERHERO There are about 100 million people in the US over 50. It would be nice to hear more about them.
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ELDERMAN: THE OLDEST NEW SUPERHERO - IT’S OKAY TO BE ANGRY THESE DAYS. (opens the original)
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I’ve been told by a few people that some of my writing seems like it comes from an “angry old man” (including one comment from a lifetime Trump acolyte who failed to see the irony in his assertion.)Yes, I’m old. Yes, I’m a man. Yes, I’m angry. I’m actually a little relieved that people making those comments thought only SOME of my writing seems like that of an angry old man.Thanks for reading Joe Seldner's ELDERMAN! Substack P
ELDERMAN: THE OLDEST NEW SUPERHERO - Justifiable Paranoia? (opens the original)
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Something strange and unsettling happened when my partner and I went to the theater to see “The Odyssey” recently. (It didn’t happen on screen, though the previews of several upcoming violent and bizarre movies might have contributed to it.)A young boy, maybe 11 or 12, was sitting next to us with what I assumed was his mother. The two of them were talking nonstop during the first few minutes of the movie until I leaned over and said, I think quite politely, “Could you please be quiet? Thank you.
ELDERMAN: THE OLDEST NEW SUPERHERO - I’VE BEEN TO MAR-A-LAGO. THE NARCISSISM MADE ME ILL. (BUT THE PRIME RIB WAS GOOD) (opens the original)
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A now former good friend of mine was, and to the best of my knowledge, still is, a member of Mar-a-Lago, the ostentatious Trump family compound and private club in Palm Beach.There is nothing tasteful about the place, but what hit me in the face right away was the flagrant, unrelenting narcissism. It was everywhere. You literally couldn’t walk five feet without seeing a photo of Trump. I went to Mar-a-Lago maybe a few times before my friend and I parted ways because of his politics and love of T
ELDERMAN: THE OLDEST NEW SUPERHERO - HARD TIMES FOR FILM AND TELEVISION CREATIVES (opens the original)
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A memorable, and prescient, scene from The Player, one of the better movies about the film industry:Larry Levy, (Peter Gallgher) the brash young new executive at the unnamed studio, tells a gathering of his fellow execs that writers aren’t really necessary. Another executive, Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins) whose job is teetering (and who is also the main suspect in a murder), responds caustically, saying, “I was just thinking what an interesting concept it is to eliminate the writer from the artisti
ELDERMAN: THE OLDEST NEW SUPERHERO - THE RICH ARE DIFFERENT FROM YOU AND ME. WELL, AT LEAST FROM ME (opens the original)
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A hundred years ago, F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the famous line, “Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.” (His longer and more insightful full quote is below.)He was right. They are different from you and me.Thanks for reading Joe Seldner's ELDERMAN! Substack Page! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.<input class="email-input" name="email" tabinde
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