This clip from the popular Pixar film 'Up', is a good example of age representation in a film. This clip is a negative representation of the elderly age group, it shows this elderly man being a stereotypical grumpy old man that finds kids annoying and in the way trying his hardest to get rid of the boy. This is a negative representation of the elderly age group as its showing older people to be grumpy, slow and irritable when actually not all old people are like that, some could actually be the opposite to this character (Carl) in Up.
The portrayal of the character Carl in the film has to be exaggerated as the film has more of a young audience, and the character needs to be stereotypical and grumpy so the children watching find him funny and easier to understand.
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