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Many people find the elderly ridiculous or pathetic—including the elderly. (Like Groucho Marx, they don’t want to be a member of the club that will have them.) In addition to their physical and mental challenges, they are faced with a medical profession that lacks patience, young people who lack tolerance with them, families who patronize, and an approaching date with eternity.
The elderly in these cartoons are neither ridiculous nor pathetic. They “do not go gentle into that good night”; they come out swinging. A patient with a bullshit meter tells the doctor “Now I have a test for you.” An old couple makes out in the park to the disgust of a young passerby. An old lady says as she’s coming out of the doctors office with a big smile: “He said I could eat all the cheesecake I want.” An old wiseman at the top of the mountain tells a seeker “Enjoy sex and avoid people who make you feel bad.” An old man walks in step with his grandson.
Drawing on his medical background and the skills of top cartoonists, in Our Autumn Years: Not Golden but Interesting Art Hartz shows the elderly have the same variation, complexity and novelty as everyone else—except in larger doses. Anyone with interest in aging should enjoy this insightful, spirited, compassionate, droll cartoon book.
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