Posted on Tuesday, December 15th, 2015 at 5:27 pm
Trista Mokienko
For my second artifact I showed the class a clip from the movie, “Meet the Fockers.” In this movie, Greg and his new fiancé, Pam, come back to Greg’s hometown to meet his parents. His fiancés parents tag along for the trip. Pam’s parents can be looked at as a very traditional, clean cut, “by the book” elder American couple. This shouldn’t be a problem. However, it turns out to be the prime problem in this movie because Greg’s parents are also around the same age that Pam’s parents are, but they are sex therapists. The clip I showed the class opened with Greg finally returning home and his mother coaching a sex therapy class showing elder people different sexual positions they can engage in. Greg then becomes very embarrassed and asks his parents to dial the way they normally act down so that Pam and her parents don’t become too embarrassed by his parents. This can be related to the article, “Feeling old and ugly, look again” because it relates to how the author says that many people who aren’t considered “old” relate the “ew” factor to elder people and expressing their sexuality. It also relates to how the author is proud of her sexuality and her aging body. Greg’s parents show that as well. They aren’t ashamed of their sexuality and they embrace becoming older as something positive rather than negative.