The star and director of Amazon Studios' 'Welcome to the Blumhouse' entry 'The Manor' discuss the terrifying pervasiveness of ageism.
Spoiler alert: The following story includes a discussion of the ending of Amazon Studios’ “Welcome to the Blumhouse” installment “The Manor.” There will be another warning before that section.
“I like that they’re supporting and giving young filmmakers like Axelle a chance,” said Hershey. “That’s something that they’re doing with their ever-growing power and I applaud that.” The other thing is that we always seem to treat older people in movies and media in general like they’re a different type of person. Like suddenly they turn into these crumpet-making, cookie-baking, cute little people who are not [like] who we are right now. I wanted to have a character [who was] amazing, charismatic, sexy, badass and funny [like] most of the women of a certain age [that I know]. If we had better role models, it would make it a lot easier to see yourself in their place.
Even trained staff sometimes [struggle] to know how to help. My dad had advanced dementia when he was moved into a nursing home and I remember when we went the first time, my mom asked what do we do if he needs something. And they said, “All he has to do is press a button.” And she said, “He has dementia, he will not remember new things.
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