https://popculturereferences.com/jon-sedas-casting-as-john-basilone-in-the-pacific-spotlights-a-problem-with-the-depiction-of-the-military/ Brian Cronin takes a look at interesting pieces of pop culture history from the worlds of TV, film, music and more. Sun, 26 May 2024 05:13:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 https://popculturereferences.com/jon-sedas-casting-as-john-basilone-in-the-pacific-spotlights-a-problem-with-the-depiction-of-the-military/#comment-23679 Sun, 26 May 2024 05:13:19 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=5546#comment-23679 the marines ages people when i served gunnys looked like old dudes grayed out i think jon did an outstanding performence as gunnery sgt basilone cheers

]]> https://popculturereferences.com/jon-sedas-casting-as-john-basilone-in-the-pacific-spotlights-a-problem-with-the-depiction-of-the-military/#comment-13172 Thu, 21 Sep 2023 15:37:29 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=5546#comment-13172 Yes and no, Scott. Speaking about Romans, I doubt a man in his forties who had actively fought in the army for twenty years in an age without proper surgery, dental care and antibiotics would look as young as a 40er in the XXI century. He probably looked as a middle-aged man with a lot of health issues for today ‘s standards.

]]> https://popculturereferences.com/jon-sedas-casting-as-john-basilone-in-the-pacific-spotlights-a-problem-with-the-depiction-of-the-military/#comment-13066 Sat, 16 Sep 2023 21:21:45 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=5546#comment-13066 This also happens with casting people from the past like Roman senators, who are “elder statesmen” and they cast guys in their 60s or 70s and yet the “elder statesmen” of Rome were, like, 40 to 50 years old. I read a Wikipedia page on a Roman leader who was a military officer in his 20s, a senator in his early 30s, a governor in his late 30s and then some higher position in his 40s and retired to a farm by his 50s. Guy like that gets played by Pat Stewart as a senator when he was the same age as Joe Jonas at the time.

]]> https://popculturereferences.com/jon-sedas-casting-as-john-basilone-in-the-pacific-spotlights-a-problem-with-the-depiction-of-the-military/#comment-13060 Sat, 16 Sep 2023 20:02:34 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=5546#comment-13060 This is the problem with most youth casting. Age appropriate casting almost never happens, especially so with males.

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