Clare Pooley, ‘How to Age Disgracefully’ – The Girlfriend Author Interview (March 2025)
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Clare Pooley explains how she came up with her ensemble comedy about seniors, secrets — and toddlers! Tired of books and films where the only older people were “sort of side characters being rescued by a younger person, I thought, ‘Well, sod that!’ I want to see older people who are the kind of person I want to be, who are kicking ass and showing younger people how to do things.”
Clare Pooley explains how she came up with her ensemble comedy about seniors, secrets — and toddlers! Tired of books and films where the only older people were “sort of side characters being rescued by a younger person, I thought, ‘Well, sod that!’ I want to see older people who are the kind of person I want to be, who are kicking ass and showing younger people how to do things.”
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