According to the Journal of Aging Studies, Disney films and TV “darken” the elderly by portraying them as old:
By the time children enter elementary school, they already hold a negative view of older adults — and Disney films, along with TV cartoons, may influence these negative stereotypes, according to a team of Brigham Young University researchers.Last year, the team analyzed depictions of older characters in cartoons from public TV and cable networks. They discovered many of the characters were angry, senile, crazy, wrinkled, ugly and/or overweight.
What a terrible mischaracterization of old folks…