Anonymous
Post 02/02/2024 19:51     Subject: Queen Bees on Netflix (it's about boomers in old home)
Anonymous wrote:Most of those actors are Silent Generation. Does the show portray them as Boomers? Most boomers aren't quite "old folks home" age, although starting to get closer. I just visited a bunch with my silent gen mother, and while there were a few under 80's in them, most people were over 80.


I wouldn't say any of these actors are to be playing their actual age. For sure Ellyn Burstyn was not to be portraying 91.

Anonymous
Post 02/02/2024 19:22     Subject: Queen Bees on Netflix (it's about boomers in old home)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Ellen Burstn is 91 so yes...silent. The others may have been boomers.


Wouldn't Ellen Burstyn born in 1932 during the start of the Great Depression be among the Greatest Generation? I don't think the Silent Generation actually experienced and lived through the Great Depression. The generation is generally defined as people born from 1901 to 1927. So, she's just on the cusp of being part of the Greatest Generation. What were her cultural experiences? Was she shaped by the Great Depression? By WW2?

I'm GenX, born in 1969. And my parents were the Silent Generation, not Baby Boomers. They graduated high school in the early 1960s. They were like the teens portrayed in the film American Graffiti.


If they were born in 1945 or later, they are Boomers. Babies born as the soldiers were returning from WWII.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2024 19:16     Subject: Queen Bees on Netflix (it's about boomers in old home)
There is a PP here obsessed with "Silent Generation" but they are actually referred to as the Post War generation.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2024 19:16     Subject: Queen Bees on Netflix (it's about boomers in old home)
People in their 80s are not boomers.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2024 18:59     Subject: Queen Bees on Netflix (it's about boomers in old home)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Ellen Burstn is 91 so yes...silent. The others may have been boomers.


Wouldn't Ellen Burstyn born in 1932 during the start of the Great Depression be among the Greatest Generation? I don't think the Silent Generation actually experienced and lived through the Great Depression. The generation is generally defined as people born from 1901 to 1927. So, she's just on the cusp of being part of the Greatest Generation. What were her cultural experiences? Was she shaped by the Great Depression? By WW2?

I'm GenX, born in 1969. And my parents were the Silent Generation, not Baby Boomers. They graduated high school in the early 1960s. They were like the teens portrayed in the film American Graffiti.


NP. I believe Ellen is still considered Silent Generation.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2024 18:36     Subject: Queen Bees on Netflix (it's about boomers in old home)
Anonymous wrote:Ellen Burstn is 91 so yes...silent. The others may have been boomers.


Wouldn't Ellen Burstyn born in 1932 during the start of the Great Depression be among the Greatest Generation? I don't think the Silent Generation actually experienced and lived through the Great Depression. The generation is generally defined as people born from 1901 to 1927. So, she's just on the cusp of being part of the Greatest Generation. What were her cultural experiences? Was she shaped by the Great Depression? By WW2?

I'm GenX, born in 1969. And my parents were the Silent Generation, not Baby Boomers. They graduated high school in the early 1960s. They were like the teens portrayed in the film American Graffiti.
Anonymous
Post 02/01/2024 20:05     Subject: Queen Bees on Netflix (it's about boomers in old home)
Anonymous wrote:Ellen Burstn is 91 so yes...silent. The others may have been boomers.

I couldn’t believe it when I read her age! She was 87-88 when the movie was filmed and was so good in her role!
Anonymous
Post 02/01/2024 17:24     Subject: Queen Bees on Netflix (it's about boomers in old home)
*Burstyn
Anonymous
Post 02/01/2024 17:24     Subject: Queen Bees on Netflix (it's about boomers in old home)
Ellen Burstn is 91 so yes...silent. The others may have been boomers.
Anonymous
Post 02/01/2024 16:57     Subject: Queen Bees on Netflix (it's about boomers in old home)
Anonymous wrote:James Caan is deceased.

And I remember "Jane, you ignorant slut!" from SNL. I think Jane Curtain is a baby boomer. Weren't most of the original SNL cast baby boomers?


She is 77 so one of the first baby boomers. James Caan was 82 when he died so definitely Silent Gen.
Anonymous
Post 02/01/2024 16:54     Subject: Queen Bees on Netflix (it's about boomers in old home)
James Caan is deceased.

And I remember "Jane, you ignorant slut!" from SNL. I think Jane Curtain is a baby boomer. Weren't most of the original SNL cast baby boomers?
Anonymous
Post 02/01/2024 16:54     Subject: Queen Bees on Netflix (it's about boomers in old home)
Anonymous wrote:Most of those actors are Silent Generation. Does the show portray them as Boomers? Most boomers aren't quite "old folks home" age, although starting to get closer. I just visited a bunch with my silent gen mother, and while there were a few under 80's in them, most people were over 80.

Millennials don't know the difference between Boomers and Silent Generation. They think anyone daddy's age and older is a Boomer.
Anonymous
Post 02/01/2024 16:50     Subject: Queen Bees on Netflix (it's about boomers in old home)
The made the movie tooo depressing. I couldn't get through it.
Anonymous
Post 02/01/2024 16:33     Subject: Queen Bees on Netflix (it's about boomers in old home)
Most of those actors are Silent Generation. Does the show portray them as Boomers? Most boomers aren't quite "old folks home" age, although starting to get closer. I just visited a bunch with my silent gen mother, and while there were a few under 80's in them, most people were over 80.
Anonymous
Post 02/01/2024 16:25     Subject: Queen Bees on Netflix (it's about boomers in old home)

It's not the Queen Bees and Wannabees..


I love Jane Curtain and had not seen her in ages so gave this silly Hallmark-ish one a try.

I'm 30 minutes in. I have not seen James Caan since Elf & Las Vegas. Quite a change.

Your moms may enjoy it.