family law ( spanish : derecho de familia ) is a 2006 argentine , french , italian , and spanish , comedy-drama film , written and directed by daniel burman .

the picture was produced by diego dubcovsky , josé maría morales , and marc sillam , and co-produced by amedeo pagani .

family law was argentina official submission for the 2004 academy award for best foreign language film

family law ( film )

family law ( film ) <EOT> of the family law , benjamin law , previews the upcoming second series of the show .

the law family , including writer benjamin law , and the actors who play the characters based on them in the sbs tv show the family law . photograph : sbs

the family law tv review ( sbs ) | daily review : film , stage and music reviews , interviews and more .

creator of the family law , benjamin law , explains what went into the second series of the show .

the family law airs on sbs from thursday january 14 at 8 . 30pm .

get set to again be charmed by the wonderful cast of the family law .

although he missed out on meeting the real ‘law’ family during the first season of the family law , sam finally got his chance to do so during season 2 .

writer benjamin law with young actor trystan go , who is portraying him in the new sbs tv series the family law .

actor trystan go on set as benjamin law in the new sbs tv series the family law , currently filming in sunnybank .

the family law will screen on sbs either late this year or early next year .

the family law season two starts on sbs on thursday 15 june at 8 . 30pm

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the family law is back for a second season , as funny and honest as ever .

" i ' m really proud the family law is part of showcasing that diversity . "

to find inspiration for her character , karina looks to photos of the ‘real’ law family .

' the family law ' isn ' t the only hilarious comedy created by and starring asians .

it ' s an apt location for the family law , a six - part sbs comedy series that focuses on one hot queensland summer in the lives of the chinese - australian law family .

law says he didn’t experience much pushback from his family around the tv show and any that did occur was ameliorated when his family read the scripts .

fiona was thrilled when she landed the plum role of jenny law in the family law , and to be working , once again , in australia .

family law is based on a memoir written by series creator benjamin law . believe it or not , most of this stuff is ( mostly ) real .

trystan go , fiona choi and bethany whitmore in season two of the family law . photograph : sbs supplied

the family law is based on a memoir written by series creator benjamin law . believe it or not , most of this stuff is ( mostly ) real .

brand new second series of the family law returns to sbs from thursday , 15 june at 8 . 30pm .

if you haven ' t already , it ' s definitely time to meet the on - screen family law .

family law has a sweet sense of how families try to interact and connect . . . there ' s nothing big about this film but it ' s filled with small joys and insights .

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the family law unfolds in the dysfunctional world of one chinese - australian family - as seen through the eyes of 14 year - old benjamin law . as benjamin dreams of soap opera stardom , his . . . see full summary »

the family law gives a vivid glimpse inside the gloriously dysfunctional world of a hilarious and heart - warming chinese - australian family through the eyes of 14 - year - old benjamin .

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with its slack plotting , the film itself feels as aimless as its main character .

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in 2017 , anthony will be seen in the abc’s newton’s law , and in blue murder : killer cop , the sequel to blue murder ; as well as seeing danny law through some new experiences in the family law series 2 .

reprising her role as the law family’s resident tomboy tammy is a dream come true for aspiring young actress , karina lee .

there’s a saying : when a writer is born , a family dies . “i’m that guy , ” says benjamin law .

every movie is made up of certain nuts and bolts , and in family law they seem , quite frankly , a little loose .

filming wrapped up last friday on a television adaptation of benjamin law ' s critically acclaimed 2010 book the family law , a darkly humorous memoir of the freelance journalist and author ' s parents ' divorce .

is being marketing by sbs with the tagline “meet the law family , a family like no other . ” but its characters are generally stereotypes , however lovingly they may have been drawn from real life ( the show was loosely based on benjamin law’s memoir of the same name , adapted by law himself and co - writer marieke hardy ) .

" family law " rushes so quickly through some fairly major plot points that at times it feels like a cliffsnotes version of a movie .

matchbox partnered with screen queensland to film on location for six weeks , and law said it was a great opportunity to showcase the sunshine state in a different light .

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family law offers a sweet , understated perspective on the psychological dance of wariness , hope and acceptance that occurs between many a father and son .

the family law returns to sbs on thursday 15 june at 8 : 30pm . episodes will also be available to stream on sbs on demand .

the family law wouldn’t be the show it is without its matriarch and her many pearls of wisdom . here are 10 of her best quotes .

law said the show was primarily about a family surviving divorce and separation , but he was happy that it also represented a chance to show that a chinese - australian family had as much complexity and nuance as any other .

after meeting the ‘real’ law family , the actor and his cast mates have continued spending quality time with their character’s ‘real’ counterparts this season , too .

winnie ( eilish ) is her sister - in - law , mrs brown’s son trevor is her son - in - law by marriage , and mark’s wife betty is her daughter - in - law by marriage .

new woman has entered danny law ' s life - ming - zhu . series creator benjamin law interviewed new cast member jing - xuan chan .

ben ( trystan go ) and his father , danny ( anthony wong ) , share a moment in the family law . photograph : ben king / sbs

growing up , law said his family would play a game called " spot the asian " and yell out whenever they saw an asian character on television .

the family law is back on sbs for the brand new second series every thursday night on sbs at 8 . 30pm . don ' t miss out !

official submission of argentina for the ' best foreign language film ' category of the 79th academy awards in 2007 .

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trystan go , 14 , plays the young ben law , and the real - life law said he had a beautiful , open - hearted vulnerability which made him perfect for the part of a youngster trying to keep his family together .

the six - part series follows the trials and tribulations of the chinese - australian law family , set over the course of a typically sweltering hot queensland summer .

returning to the second season of the family law , trystan says his character is a “savvy , humorous and slightly egotistic 15 year - old australian - chinese boy who has a solid passion for performance , family , and being a star . ”

family law is back for a second season , as funny and honest as ever - and it ' s now available to watch in chinese , vietnamese and korean .

whole other weirdness of seeing people pretending to be you and your family , " mr law said . " we ' ve basically created this whole alternative universe . "

with a season of the family law already behind her , and another season on the way , vivian wei can easily be described as a young actor to watch .

when he landed the role of andrew law in the first season of the family law , george was a newcomer to television acting , but with a second season now under his belt , he has firmly cemented himself as a ‘one to watch’ .

the opportunity to show a different side of his home state was important to mr law , as was creating a show where the main characters were an atypical chinese family .

" it ' s essentially a comedy about divorce , " mr law said .

the law family lives in the suburbs of queensland , and includes mum jenny , dad danny , and five children : ben , candy , andrew , michelle and tammy . while in some ways the laws are a typical chinese immigrant family ( danny works too much at the family restaurant , for instance ) , the family has idiosyncrasies that have nothing to do with race : ben’s grand dreams of stardom ; michelle’s errant nosebleeds ; jenny’s consistently inappropriate comments .

because the book was more a collection of essays than a cohesive whole , mr law said creating the script was almost like writing another book - a process full of steep learning curves for a film debutante .

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other film credits include dominic crisci’s thicker than water ; little fish opposite cate blanchett ; clara law’s floating life ; lilian ' s story co - starring toni collette ; and till there was you opposite mark harmon .

mr law grew up in nambour with his four siblings and attended immanuel lutheran college .

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the family law unfolds in the dysfunctional world of one chinese - australian family – as seen through the eyes of 14 year - old benjamin law . as benjamin dreams of soap opera stardom , his parents contemplate separation . over the course of one long , hot queensland summer , the self - absorbed clarinet - playing teenager increasingly finds himself embroiled in other people’s dramas .

the family law will likely be watched mainly by asian australians , but it’s enjoyable for all : a gentle , loving and very australian family comedy , full of humour and affection for its characters . asian australians have arrived on our screens . let’s hope we’ll be able to stay .

diversity shouldn’t be the central focus of a series , but simply exist within a moving , engaging and universal story , says tony ayres , producer of sbs series , the family law .

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the family law unfolds in the dysfunctional world of one chinese - australian family - as seen through the eyes of 14 year - old benjamin law . as benjamin dreams of soap opera stardom , his parents contemplate separation . over the course of one long , hot queensland summer , the self - absorbed clarinet - playing teenager increasingly finds himself embroiled in other people ' s dramas .

with her words , fearless with her love — there’s no one quite like jenny law .

mrs brown’s youngest son is played by o’carroll’s son - in - law , martin delany , who is married to fiona o’carroll – his on - screen sister - in - law .

his feature film credits include unfinished sky and see no evil ; and he will also be seen in australia day and the butterfly tree .

his on screen daughter - in - law betty ( amanda woods ) is his real life daughter - in - law ( she’s married to danny aka buster ) , while tv son trevor ( martin delany ) is actually his son - in - law ( married to fiona o’carroll aka maria ) , and his sister - in - law plays winnie’s daughter , sharon .

a week after the first episode of the family law was put up on facebook and watched by more than a million viewers , the show had its debut on sbs on thursday . photograph : sbs

ariel , rather than join his father’s business , teaches law . and in the film’s classroom scenes , the younger perelman ( both men are called by their last names ) comes across as a talented underachiever adrift in a postgraduate limbo .

abc family has begun production on its amanda knox - style drama pilot “ guilt , ” and has set the cast , led by katrina law , billy zane and daisy head as the prime suspect .

a subtly perceptive charmer that was argentina ' s entry for a best foreign film oscar and might have been nominated in a less competitive year .

mrs brown’s on - screen daughter - in - law is actually brendan’s daughter - in - law off screen too , as she’s married to buster ( danny o’carroll ) brady in real life .

the aclu assigned a young volunteer lawyer , bernie cohen , to the case . cohen , played by nick kroll in the film , had virtually no experience with the type of law the lovings’ case required , so he sought help from another young aclu volunteer attorney , phil hirschkop . “he had no background at all in this type of work , not civil rights , constitutional law or criminal law , ” hirschkop tells people of cohen .

law and ayres have filled those gaps , imbuing the family law with lashings of specificity ; in fact , there’s so much detail , warmth and gentle humour to the script , direction and production design that the characters and settings are relatable for anyone who grew up – or is growing up – in australia .

actor robert preston was best known for his portrayal of the charismatic huckster in the music man—a role he played on broadway and in the film adaptation .

a tv series inspired by brisbane writer benjamin law ' s first book has begun filming in sunnybank .

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sushma smaddar is a licensed by the law society of upper canada as a paralegal . . . .

worse , burman ' s decision to fill nearly every second of the film with hendler ' s voice—either in dialogue or in narration—constrains family law to the point of view of an indecisive navel - gazer . so while it ' s hard not to be moved by the revelations hendler has about fatherhood as an institution and an occupation , the way he arrives at his awakening never feels at all surprising . in the press notes for family law , burman says that as a new father himself , he finds constructing a parental identity to be a kind of creative act , like making a film . his pensiveness on the subject is reflected in this movie , and not in a good way . he ' s completely overthought something natural and mysterious .

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" they are a family in the true sense that everyone can relate to – insanely honest and deeply loyal . "

i am a chinese australian and i enjoy reading ben law’s column on sydney morning herald . unfortunately i don’t find the first episode of the family law funny – the story telling might be ok for a memoir book but it failed miserably as a tv comedy production – too much “talking language” and not enough “movie language” ; too much “effort” on characters’ building and not enough spaces for audiences to be emotionally connected to young ben and his family .

family law : drama . starring daniel hendler , arturo goetz , julieta díaz and adriana aizemberg . directed by daniel burman . ( in spanish with english subtitles . not rated . 102 minutes . at bay area theaters . )

steep learning curve : former nambour resident benjamin law says writing for television is a whole new ball game .

family law  * * 1 / 2  daniel hendler , arturo goetz , julieta diaz ; in spanish , with english subtitles ; not rated , probable r ( profanity , vulgarity , brief sex , brief partial nudity ) .

the film ' s title refers to the law practice of bernardo perlman ( arturo goetz ) , a veteran argentine lawyer who is hoping his son ariel ( daniel hendler ) will eventually take over . but ariel is busy teaching law as much as he is practicing it . that ' s where he meets sandra ( julieta diaz ) , a pilates instructor he romances and eventually marries .

it ' s a nice film , offering a few smiles and very likable performances . it could stand to have its themes fleshed out a little more , though .

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of her role in the family law , shuang says , “candy is head strong , confident , stubborn , edgy and a feminist on the outside , but on the inside she’s just a hopeless romantic who believes in fairytale endings . ”

law explains the intense meta - family dynamic on set best when talking about when his actual mother , jenny , who is played on screen by fiona choi , recently met choi’s mother : “it was like a turducken of mums . ”

fiona moved to new york in 2003 and has steadily built up a string of film and television credits that include homeland ; law & order : criminal intent ; person of interest ; new year ' s eve ( directed by garry marshall ) ; unforgettable ; and the newsroom .

the secret weapon of the family law is its amazingly talented and charismatic cast - especially impressive considering how new most of them are to working in television . while fiona choi and tony wong , who play jenny and danny law , are familiar to viewers through their many tv and movie appearances , the kids are fresh faces for many of us .

the latter , inspired by the upbringing of comedian lawrence leung , bears similarities to the sort - of - real but mostly not vibe of the family law , which feels a little like fan fiction written by the same person it’s about .

“the crew have picked up the asian accent and law lingo so often times you will find the crew incorporating lines like ‘cheek and hole’ into their daily vocabulary . it’s the whole entire cast and crew have become one big asian family ! ”

' that was his promise : " if you leave me . i’ll kill you . i’ll kill your family first . " '

burman develops family law ' s characters well , setting up the contrast between goetz—an easygoing conformist described by his son as " a zelig among lawyers " —and hendler , who ' s uncomfortable pretty much all of the time , except when he ' s standing in front of a class explaining why no one knows anything conclusively . but though family law deals with some essential mysteries about how fathers , sons , and grandfathers all interact , burman doesn ' t force those mysteries into any kind of strong narrative shape ; instead , he lets them settle into a string of dryly farcical situations . and while family law is well - shot , it ' s not spectacularly well - shot , or involving in any conventional cinematic way .

law’s self - deprecating , colourful and frequently scatological sense of humour first came to public attention when he published the family law in 2010 . the television show was later picked up by matchbox pictures and first aired on sbs in june last year . law’s heartwarming , hilarious script is remarkable for the careful balancing act it performs between fiction and fact – between using real people’s lives as comedic fodder on screen and genuinely respecting the people and relationships that are at its core .

daniel hendler as perelman jr . , eloy burman as gaston , julieta diaz as sandra , arturo goetz as perelman sr . and adriana aizenberg as norita in family law directed by daniel burman . photo credit : sol levinas an . . . more

sbs’s latest offering had its network debut last night , the family law , based on the bestselling memoir by benjamin law . produced by matchbox pictures ( the engine behind most recent asian - australian content , led by the asian - australian director and producer tony ayres ) , the show focuses on the laws’ escapades and trials over a long , hot queensland summer .

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" my book didn ' t have any structure , but television is all about structure , " mr law said .

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“andrew [ law ] is that teenager most boys are eventually in their lives - embarrassed by parents , and thinking about relationships . he cares deeply for his family but as he takes after his father , he finds it difficult to communicate that . ”

“it’s a different prospect , a tv show that’s inspired by your family versus a book , ” law says . “a book is almost a more private experience … but then television is really public . it’s a much more exposing kind of process . ”

a funny and irreverent story about a 1990s nambour family and their journey through a divorce is set to hit television screens across australia .

that makes him buster’s ( danny o’carroll ) brother - in - law and uncle to bono ( jamie o’carroll ) brown .

chris hemsworth kicks off filming for the star - studded men in black spin - off as he cuts a sharp figure in london . . . 21 years after the first film hit screens

daniel hendler as perelman jr . , eloy burman as gaston , julieta diaz as sandra , arturo goetz as perelman sr . and adriana aizenberg as norita in family law directed by daniel burman . photo credit : sol levinas an ifc first take release . for movies23 less

“people come up to tell me about the ‘jenny’ in their life ( every family seems to have one ) . she is the greek grandmother , the finnish mother - in - law , the bossy korean owner of the laundromat , the sassy slightly racist aunt . ”

it’s hard to watch a show like the family law without feeling like it was crafted with a lot of love and the cast and production team are so tight - knit that , when i ask about their motivations for the show , their answers are so similar that i briefly wonder if they have been coached . is it possible , in the age of shows as bleak and cynical as house of cards , or fargo , or a handmaid’s tale , to create television with genuine warmth and generosity ? but it’s only a moment of doubt , because it’s hard to leave the family law without feeling like this big , sprawling family has just claimed you as a member , too .

allison williams , while making the rounds for jordan peele’s psychological thriller “ get out , ” has been as tight - lipped about the film’s twists as one might expect . williams plays rose , the white girlfriend of main character chris ( daniel kaluuya ) who invites him home to meet her family , where events take a dark turn .

although karina studied drama at school , and has been involved in school plays , until she was cast in the family law series 1 in 2014 , her only experiences on screen were appearances in commercials for holden captiva , smarties , tiny teddies , woolworths , and fifa .

" family law " is not rated but would probably receive an r for strong sexual language ( profanity , slang and other suggestive talk ) , a brief sex scene , as well as other simulated sexual contact , and brief partial female nudity . running time : 102 minutes .

by contrast , " family law " - - a subtly perceptive charmer that was argentina ' s entry for a best foreign film oscar and might have been nominated in a less competitive year - - is in no particular hurry to get where it ' s going . early scenes meander all over the place , offering unfocused glimpses of dad ( arturo goetz ) , identified only as perelman sr . , and his grudgingly admiring offspring , perelman jr . ( daniel hendler ) .

the new rory is played by damien mckiernan , a friend of the family who took over the role from rory cowan in the 2017 christmas special .

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of course , that’s not strictly the case . law may have turned his experiences of growing up in a large asian australian family on queensland’s extremely anglo sunshine coast into a memoir – and that memoir may have spawned a television comedy series starring characters named after and modelled on his actual family , featuring things that actually happened to them , both painful and amusing – but the backlash has been minimal , at least in real life .

little bono brown is actually her nephew , jamie , while her sister - in - law , amanda woods , is betty brown .

now , their love story is making headlines again , with a screen adaptation of their odyssey , simply titled loving , generating early oscar buzz after earning rave reviews at this year’s film - festival circuit .

october 16th brings us gerard butler in a story of what happens when a man is betrayed by the system he believes in law abiding citizen . after his family is brutally murdered and the murderers are set free on a plea bargain , clyde shelton decides that it ' s open season on killing , and his first target is the district attorney who set up the plea bargain that set his family ' s murderers free . check out the trailer ! those noticing similarities to death sentence aren ' t alone - - but will the similarities help or hurt law abiding citizen ' s chances for box office success ? this one ' s definitely going to pack more explosive action , but will it be enough ? you can file your brief down in the comments section below , and thanks for watching ! law abiding citizen cast : gerard butler , jamie foxx , viola davis , bruce mcgill , leslie bibb , colm meaney , regina hall , michael irby law abiding citizen movie trailer courtesy overture films . law abiding citizen opens in us theaters october 16th , 2009 . law abiding citizen is directed by f . gary gray .

the father - and - son attorneys depicted in " family law " share more than genes and an occupation . they ' re both fast walkers . numerous shots come in close on two pairs of feet determinedly speeding through the streets of buenos aires and sprinting up and down courthouse steps .

the “family like no other” tag - line comes with a caveat in the show’s logline , which ends “yet they may also be disturbingly familiar . ” these mixed messages – you haven’t met these people but ok , maybe you have – point to the core challenge of making a captivating comedy series about normal people living normal lives . the family law gives it a good crack , and has an amiable quality that many viewers will find endearing .

in 2000 , johnston ' s story was made available as a film by the afa , titled " it ' s not gay . " in the film , he is joined by other ex - gay activists who load the film with unsupported statistics , like " 80 % of homosexual men have a sexually transmitted disease . " one of the other ex - gay activists in the film , richard cohen , has been discredited for his " healing touch " therapy , in which grown men are cradled and held like babies to get used to " appropriate male touch " and to " re - create the father - son bond . " a broken father - son bond , cohen claims , can " cause " homosexuality . in other " therapy " sessions , cohen has clients beat pillows with tennis racquets while blaming their mothers for making them gay .

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the family law continues an emerging voice of chinese - australian stories . on this front cinema is a little more advanced than television , with a handful of films since the mid - 90s including floating life , the homesong stories , mao’s last dancer and most recently another coming of age comedy , sucker .

in fact , there are so many layers of laws in the building that i am starting to feel dizzy . the actors playing the on - screen family call each other by their screen names between takes , with the on - screen children calling their on - screen parents “mum” and “dad” in everyday life . when i ask now 15 - year - old go what his real mother thinks about this , he says she’d probably prefer not to comment . but the family law family is about to claim her too : the opportunity for a cameo is being extended later in the season to the real life families of the actors .

“ [ jenny law ] is basically every mother’s bursting heart personified and as a result she has been incredibly freeing and joyful to play . ”

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cédric klapisch ' s l ' auberge espagnole showed that an art film with a sitcom heart could not only be tolerable , but also illuminate the ways we ' re often drawn to the clever and cutesy when we want to understand relationships . but what works on tv doesn ' t always work at feature - length , as proved both by klapisch ' s sequel russian dolls , and now daniel burman ' s family law . burman ' s film stars daniel hendler as a fumbly law professor simultaneously dealing with the legacy of his father arturo goetz—a legend in the argentinean legal community—and the arrival of his own son . as hendler discovers that he doesn ' t know as much about his dad as he thought he did , he spends more and more time at his son ' s " swiss " kindergarten , where the teachers expect him to be the kind of involved , playful pop that his father never was .

when news broke that the actor had earned an aacta award nomination for her work as jenny law , it affirmed that the character resonated with audiences .

“benjamin [ law ] said i was really similar to the real michelle and i could basically just be myself in the series ! ” vivian says .

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screen australia ceo graeme mason and writer benjamin law take stock a year on from miranda tapsell ' s rousing call for more diversity at the logies .

although only 14 years old when he first landed the lead role of benjamin law in the family law , trystan had already appeared in numerous theatre shows including the gordon frost organisation and opera australia ' s award - winning production of the king and i in 2014 , where he performed alongside gold logie award winner lisa mccune and world - renowned bass baritone teddy tahu rhodes . in 2012 , trystan also appeared in the australasian art & stageworks’ production of the quiet brother .

when casting the brown family , mrs brown’s boys creator brendan o’carroll didn’t need to look far . in fact , he didn’t have to look beyond his own living room .

famed actor robert downey jr . was born on april 4 , 1965 , in new york city , the son of the avant - garde filmmaker robert downey sr . , who is best known for the 1969 film putney swope . downey began acting as a young child . his mother , elsie , was an actress who instilled in her son a love of performing . raised in greenwich village with his older sister , alison , downey made his film debut playing a puppy in his father & apos ; s film , pound ( 1970 ) , in which actors played dogs . he would go on to have small parts in several more of his father & apos ; s films .

robert blake is an emmy - winning actor known for his film roles and as the star of the ' 70s cop drama baretta . he ' s also known for the murder trial of his second wife , bonnie lee bakley .

i found the film quite disappointing . i felt the film lacks focus and intensity and the script is quite flat , almost a soap opera . the film is described ( and accordingly so named ) as the struggle of ariel perlman ( daniel hendler ) a law professor addressed as ' doctor perlman ' , to realize his own identity from his father , ' doctor perlman ' , an established , sharp buenos aires lawyer . unfortunately the movie has no real focus on this , nor on other aspects of ariel ' s life ( we see a bit about his role as a teacher , a bit about his family life as husband and father , a bit about his social life , and a bit about his relationship to his father , but no strong story or drama links all this together ) . in particular i am not too excited to see this movie as the argentinean candidate for the foreign language oscar nominations for 2006 , as i think it will not compete well with high quality submissions such as ' water ' .

mr law said many australians were so used to seeing all - white casts they did not even think to question the lack of diversity on their televisions .

she’s maria ( fiona o’carroll ) brown’s sister - in - law , and she’s mum to bono ( jamie o’carroll ) brown both on and off screen .

that withholding of catharsis is deliberate . in a printed interview that accompanies the film’s production notes , mr . burman comes forth as an outspoken champion of understatement . the signals conveyed by body language and silence , he maintains , are truer than the words that come out of people’s mouths . and this likable , if undramatic film — the antithesis of hollywood movies in which father - son oedipal conflicts are resolved in embarrassing , teary - eyed clinches — makes a case for reticence .

finally , the subject might have the right to determine screen notice . she could decide if the film will be billed as a true story or a dramatized account . alternatively , she could decide whether real names are used for the characters .

but " family law " goes further than one specific situation . it is sure to leave you thinking about the fine art of parenting once a child becomes an adult - - how to let go while holding on in some primordial way - - and about that monumental shift when a parent becomes a person in his or her own right .

born in tianjin , china , shuang hu made her acting debut in a sony china commercial in 2010 . since moving to australia at the age of 5 , shuang has appeared in numerous commercials , as well as short film and television productions .

peggy loving fortune , the lovings’ last surviving child , told people that she was “overwhelmed with emotion” after seeing negga and edgerton’s performance in the film . she added , “i’m so grateful that [ my parents’ ] story is finally being told . ”

what that tag - line really means : “meet the law family , the kind rarely seen on our screens . ” the show’s marketable point of difference is not plot or situations but the ethnicity of its characters , and their fresh perspectives may play a part in why the writers rarely give the impression they are aspiring towards original ideas or dilemmas .

abc family has begun production on its amanda knox - style drama pilot “guilt , ” and has set the cast , led by katrina law , billy zane and daisy head as the prime suspect . head ( “the syndicate” ) will play grace , a young girl american girl living in london who is stunned when she becomes the top suspect in the [ … ]

there are other ways to compensate a subject of a life story besides a flat fixed fee . you could give the subject points ( percentage of net profits ) , consulting fees and / or bonuses to be paid when the film is exploited in ancillary markets .

his own struggles speaking cantonese to the future of the series , creator ben law reveals all to sbs guide during a set visit for the second series of the . . .

but jennifer hudson has spoken out for the first time since her former brother - in - law william balfour received three life sentences in july to reveal she has forgiven him .

in 2017 downey starred in spider - man : homecoming . some of his upcoming projects include the voyage of doctor dolittle , ( based on the classic children & apos ; s book series by british author hugh lofting ) , as well as a film on pinocchio .

like father like son : exploratory variations on that old saw are the thematic heart of the argentine filmmaker daniel burman’s “family law . ” the third installment of his semiautobiographical trilogy of films about fatherhood , which began six years ago with “waiting for the messiah” and continued with “lost embrace” in 2004 , this delicate , bittersweet comedy prepares you for an eruption of high drama that never arrives .

“family law” is also the portrait of a marriage that involves an unusual amount of secrecy . ariel selects sandra as his future wife long before she is aware of him as a potential suitor . to get to know her better , he signs up for personal pilates instruction . he wins her love after she is sued for practicing pilates without a license and he volunteers his legal advice .

as those who’ve seen “get out” realize , williams’s spoiler - free summary leaves out a major turning point in the film : when chris , and the audience , realize that rose is in on her family’s malevolent scheme to lure young black men to their home , hypnotize and entrap them , and transplant white clients’ brains into their victims’ bodies . her charming , “woke” persona has all been a pitch - perfect performance , carefully geared to specifically appeal to her thoughtful , artistic boyfriend’s needs .

played by fiona choi , jenny law is ‘a refreshing portrayal of the self - sacrificing mother many children of migrants know but never see in the media’ . photograph : ben king / sbs

in the role of michelle law , vivian holds her own in the company of more seasoned actors . the similarities she shares with her character helped her find her feet in the role .

when we meet on set for season two – in a stinking hot warehouse in brisbane – he has both families to contend with . the real law family are trickling in for their opening episode cameo – something they did in the first season , too . it’s also the birthday of one of the cast members – trystan go , who plays teenage ben – and the warehouse is buzzing with activity .

before you decide to purchase the rights to a person’s life story , it is worth considering what you are buying . when you buy the rights to portray someone in film or television , you are buying a bundle of rights . these rights include protection from suits based on defamation , invasion of privacy and the right to publicity . you may also be buying the cooperation of the subject and his family or heirs . perhaps you want access to diaries and letters that are not otherwise available to you .

in the wake of his critical success with chaplin , downey anchored a documentary about the 1992 presidential election , the last party . in 1994 , he appeared in the romantic comedy only you , as well as in oliver stone & apos ; s acclaimed but controversial natural born killers . the following year , the actor starred in the period film restoration alongside meg ryan and sam neill ; an updated film version of richard iii ( 1995 ) , co - starring ian mckellen and annette bening ; and the jodie foster - directed home for the holidays , also starring holly hunter .

" we ended up filming it in sunnybank and making it look like the sunshine coast , " mr law said . " suburbs kind of look the same no matter where you are . "

of course , the series invites comparison to the american sitcom fresh off the boat . adapted from the chef eddie huang’s memoir of the same name , the show was based on the experience of the huangs as the only chinese family in a “lily - white” suburb of florida . similar to the laws , huang’s parents ran a restaurant – but the portrayal of his family was criticised by huang himself for its lack of cultural and individual specificity .

naomi - joy hails from halifax nova scotia and works directly with senior lawyer , eb reinbergs to provide services in small claims , corporate and entertainment law matters . as a professional actress , singer - songwriter , film producer , screenwriter and canadian idol alumni , naomi - joy personally and professionally understands the diverse legal needs of three 60’s entertainment clients ( from immigration matters to transactional agreements ) . naomi - joy is also a vigilant advocate , going above and beyond for plaintiffs with small claims matters .

“after years of playing murderers , villains , chinatown bosses and bad guys , i longed to play a man who is caring , loving , and supportive . danny law is very much that man . ”

an attorney , or attorney - at - law , is a term used frequently for persons in the united states who are authorized and appointed to act on behalf of another person in a legal dispute .

schindler’s list opens with a close - up of unidentified hands lighting a pair of shabbat ( sabbath ) candles , followed by the sound of a hebrew prayer blessing the candles . this scene , one of only a handful of color scenes in the film , closes as the flames flicker out . the wisp of smoke from the dying flames fades into the next scene , now in black and white , and becomes a plume of smoke from a steam engine . a folding table is set up on a train platform , where a single jewish family registers as jews . the single table becomes many tables , and the single family becomes a large crowd . close - up images of names being typed into lists provide a sense of the vast number of jews arriving in kraków .

the film’s most touching moments find ariel bonding with his 2½ - year - old - son while sandra goes on a pilates retreat . in the scenes of this adorable , happy little boy reaching out to his father , you can feel a bond of trust and devotion deepening into a lifelong attachment . that attachment , if it follows the family tradition , may leave much unspoken . thirty years hence , ariel may be a mystery to gastón as bernardo is to ariel . but gastón will know that he is loved , and that’s what matters .

while sucker was clearly pitched to viewers roughly the same age as its protagonist , there are signs from the start that the family law is mixing audiences or two - minded about who they ought to be in the first place . jenny ( choi ) recounts the story of ben’s birth , saying the pain felt like “stab stab stab right into mummy’s vi vi . ” then she compares the experience to a lemon coming out of a penis .

unbeknownst to sandra , ariel consults his father , who bends the law in her favor ; ariel allows her to think he did it himself . late in the movie , when he confesses his deception , she barely registers a reaction . when a construction accident at the law school where he teaches forces him to take sabbatical while repairs are made , he doesn’t tell his wife that he is spending his days idle .

his wife , amanda , plays betty brown , while his son , jamie , is bono brown , and his real - life brother - in - law martin delany plays mrs brown’s youngest son , trevor .

one of the people to play a key role in his turnaround is mel gibson , with whom downey co - starred in air america ( 1990 ) . gibson stuck by his friend & apos ; s side , even as downey & apos ; s life was completely unraveling , and when downey was unable to get something as routine as an insurance bond due to his past troubles with the law , gibson found him work , casting him in the 2003 film the singing detective . the two actors remain close friends today .

if your script or film contains fictional characters - - characters from your imagination - - you generally do not need to obtain any permissions or releases . however , if there is a chance that the public could mistake your imaginary characters for real people , you could be liable if you have thereby infringed their rights .

the show takes time to delicately round out the character of the law matriarch . as jenny , fiona choi is flustered , incredibly chinese , insensitive , unaware , loving , and proud of her crazy family – a refreshing portrayal of the self - sacrificing mother many children of migrants know but never see in the media . but while the series emphasises the disharmony between her and her husband , it fails to really explore the reasons behind their unhappiness .


tengers is a 2007 south african animated film written , directed and produced by michael j. rix .

it is the first full-length animation produced in south africa and uses the claymation technique .

the film is a satirical black comedy about life in post-apartheid south africa .

rix has said his intention was to make a film that was : " entertaining but not frivolous . political but not preachy .

sophisticated but not alienating . "

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tengers <EOT> " tengers " and “mirror mountain pictures” are trademarks used by mirror mountain pictures .

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tengers is south africa’s first animated feature film and is a dark social satire set in a contemporary south african context .

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the tengers were divided into white and black . white tengers came to be known as all - knowing , all - compassionate inhabitants of the western part of the upper world , akin to deities , while the fierce , ethnocentric black tengers , often invoked for power or vengeance , were seen as being from the eastern part of the upper world . thus came into being the pan - mongolian cosmology of the ninety - nine skies ( realms ) of the upper world , with fifty - five white tengers in the west and forty - four black tengers in the east . there is some talk in mongolia that so many new shamans are now being recruited by the spirits because of a war between these two spiritual regions ; but opinions differ widely , and conjecture over coffee and vodka can run wild .

billed as a small adult comedy with a big kid�s heart , tengers is the pet project of gauteng - based writer / director / animator and editor , michael j rix . michael wrote and storyboarded tengers in 1999 , and since then has put every spare moment into bringing the story to life through his own unique style of clay - mation .

andrew worsdale speaks to michael rix , the maker of tengers , south africa’s first feature length animated film , which takes a darkly humorous look at the realities of life in jozi .

tengers is a 2007 south african animated film written , directed and produced by michael j . rix . it is the first fulllength animation produced in south africa and uses the claymation technique .

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tengers is a 2007 south african animated film written , directed and produced by michael j . rix . it is the first full - length animation produced in south africa and uses the claymation technique .

south africa ' s first animated film ' tengers ' , that satirises life in contemporary johannebsurg , will have its local premiere as part of the africa on screen film festival at the end of may .

" one of the best and most relevant south african movies in a very long time . . . tengers is a local movie that deserves our support because it is a pretty darned good one . "

tengers is a movie starring adam callander , adran callander , and jo day . whilst working on " the great south african novel , " an unemployed writer gets caught up in the harsh realities of life in the city of johannesburg .

in mongolian , one who travels the realms of the tengers is called a tengeri—“sky - dweller ; sky - walker . ” i like to think that luke skywalker , the young warrior - shaman jedi knight of the fictional star wars films , may have inherited his name from this tradition . interestingly , the bbc reports that in censuses taken in 2001 regarding spiritual beliefs , hundreds of thousands of people selected “jediism” as their faith of choice—such is the power of shamanism even in our modern myths and legends .

although his movie deals with serious issues , it’s very patriotic about those who live in gauteng with their resolute and sort of schizoid sense of humour about life in the sprawling city . “i think the underlying message of the film was always : we as tengers ( or south african even ) have become desensitised to the issues . but i also wanted the film to be hopeful , and reactive . if it stirs up feelings within one audience member who walks out thinking ‘i ' ve got to do my bit to help this situation’ , then i ' ve done my job . ”

the legend of the sky kingdom , despite laying almost certain claim to being africa ' s first stop - motion film , has never attracted much attention . at the time of this review it has only 25 votes on imdb . i had to order the dvd from the makers when i first watched it in 2009 , but nowadays you can stream it for $ 2 on amazon ( in the us ) , so if you ' re at all interested in the medium you should check it out . similarly south africa ' s little - seen claymation dramedy tengers , aimed at a considerably more adult audience , is currently also available .

he says he has many animation influences and is even a big fan of the old disney classics , “but unfortunately the success of these in the western world narrowed the scope of animation to be viewed as ‘kids entertainment’ . which in itself is ironic , because judging by disney ' s first feature snow white and the seven dwarfs , i don ' t think that was his intention . that movie has some seriously dark elements . sure , it was designed as pure entertainment , but i think it was originally intended for a more mature audience . the style of tengers was always supposed to be ‘a poor man ' s wallace and gromit ’ , very rough - around - the - edges , just like jo ' burg ! ”

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a jobless writer discovers that life in johannesburg can be brutally unforgiving as he struggles to finish " the great south african novel " in this claymation comedy .

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the film has already played on the international festival circuit to wide critical acclaim , and won the best animated feature award at the diy film festival in los angeles last year .

the inspiration for the production was mick jackson�s la story , written by steve martin . within the confines of a very funny comedy , martin is able to convey the day - to - day occurrences , rituals , hopes and fears associated with living in the sprawling metropolis of los angeles , california . commenting on his inspiration , rix says one specific scene leaps to mind when he remembers the film :

since leaving film school in 1996 , michael has been involved in numerous productions for south african television . insert writer , director , animator and editor on shows such as options , arts unlimited , rise up and read , red bull flugtag , sanlam money game , golf digest tv and ultra simple golf , as well as numerous music videos , commercials and corporate training films . michael also wrote , directed and edited man in the street , a feature film screened at the cannes film festival in 2003 .

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entertaining but not frivolous . political but not preachy . sophisticated but not alienating .

the time has come for a satirical take on what it means to be south african , and what it ' s like to live in a society of constant flux , forever juggling the morals and ideals you were handed growing up , with the reality of day - to - day life as a ( gau ) tenger .

" one of those local films you should see , but not out of some sense of patriotic duty but because you ' ll laugh out loud a lot . "

" darkly comic , then tragic and finally moving . . . a unique film . "

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this entry is trivia , which is cool and all , but not a trope . on a work , it goes on the trivia tab .

from left to right : nicholas brendon as xander , sarah michelle gellar as buffy , charisma carpenter as cordelia , and alyson hannigan as willow . not numbered , and playing his actual age : 42 - year - old anthony stewart head as giles , who is definitely not a teenager .

, except without 25 - year - old teenagers and 35 - year - old parents . "

) , for one good reason : they ' re often played by actors who are at least a few years older . this dates back to the earliest days of hollywood , if not further , making it

this happens when dealing with teenage characters in the range of 14 - 18 years old , especially in dramatic shows . if younger , casting usually tries for children actors , and if older it is simply far less noticeable . if a show or movie carries a greater focus on the adults rather than the kids then they will usually avert this . this ought to be horribly distracting , but by and large , television audiences have learned to manage . it is so ingrained into our mindset that almost all aversions end up being notable .

it can sometimes result in a paradoxical effect : teens that look more like actual teens ( either with real teenage actors or in animation ) are described as looking " too young " ( see reality is unrealistic ) . conversely , actors in their early - to - mid - twenties , especially those who make their name in these kinds of shows , often have difficulty being taken seriously playing characters their own age . very specific actors can pull it off , usually attributing it to the character being older than they look . in other cases , some stories work with this because a key plot point may be the character does not actually look their age and are trying to pass off as older than they really are . but with no such luck hollywood will get by with appropriate clothing , hairstyles , makeup and mannerisms .

named for dawson ' s creek , which was notorious for it — james van der beek ( 20 ) , katie holmes ( 18 ) , and joshua jackson ( 19 ) playing 15 - year - olds ( at the time of the pilot ' s filming ) . 17 - year - old michelle williams was the only one still high school aged . in season two , the new main character jack was 16 , and actor kerr smith was 26 . while maybe not the worst case example ( jack aside ) , it is a joke that has filtered into the cultural mindset regarding the show .

by and large this trope requires some research , you can ' t know for certain that an actor / actress is a certain age unless you scour around wikipedia or im db . also consider that production time may vary greatly from release of the movie or airing of the episode . the actors are of course younger during filming . timeline issues sometimes make this more apparent , as 5 seasons of a tv show may only cover one year within the context of the story , making an actor who was an aversion become a straight example over time . consider also that the exact age of the character may also be in question ( a generic " high schooler " can be anywhere from 14 to 19 ) . in the case of voice acting that field has nothing to do with appearance and everything to do with vocal performance , as such only notable aversions are mentioned ( consider what the point would be to list examples of race lift in voice acting ) . this is also part of why we have crossdressing voices .

ultimately realize that there is nothing fundamentally wrong with this trope ; all forms of entertainment are about the illusion . what matters is if you believe in the character . at the same time this is not about age discrepancies , just being three or four years older doesn ' t necessarily mean the production is " trying to pull a fast one " on the audience . if anything finding a 19 year old to play a 17 year old is well ahead of the curve .

compare age lift , age inappropriate dress , and three month old newborn . contrast hollywood old , playing gertrude , underage casting , and children voicing children . see also artistic age for an intentional drawn equivalent . cross - dressing voices is more - or - less the animated version of this trope , as partially explained above . also used to avert a stage mom situation .

while this is usually not an issue with animation , it becomes somewhat noticeable when idol series , like marginal number 4 and uta no princesama , have the voice actors perform concerts in - character . though , some of them definitely look the part , like unicorn jr . ' s shouta aoi and toshiyuki someya ( both 30 at the time of the franchise ' s first big concert ; their characters are 15 and 16 ) . somewhat subverted with the third member of the trio , alto , who ' s supposed to be 16 , but looks so much like his voice actor that he seems older , even in the animation .

the esper sisters tatsumaki and fubuki from one punch man are both 28 years old and 23 years old respectively , but their japanese voice actresses are not . aoi yuuki , tatsumaki ' s voice actress , is a year younger than saori hayami , fubuki ' s voice actress .

something similar happens in the spaniard dub with male actor ricardo escobar ( 15 - year - old edward ) and female actress blanca rada ( 10 - 12 year - old edward ) . rada voices ed in most flashbacks , but in some short ones ( two - three lines tops ) , escobar keeps voicing little ed . the results are kinda jarring , since even though escobar ' s voice is believable for a teenager ( although a kinda deep voiced one at that ) , it definitely isn ' t for a little boy .

the english dub actor chris patton has played the younger versions of two of his characters as well : joshua christopher in chrono crusade ( who was played by a woman in the japanese version ) , hajime aoyama in ghost stories ( who was also played by a woman in the japanese version ) and fakir in princess tutu . in the audio commentary for chrono crusade , it ' s revealed that they used a mixture of chris speaking higher and some editing to make it work .

similarly , in the dub of naruto , yuri lowenthal voices sasuke even when he was a kid and later he voiced simon of tengen toppa gurren lagann both before and after the time skip , though not in the distant finale ( which happen the same in the original language as well ) . the same goes for rossiu , though only in the dub ( while in the japanese version he retains a female voice actor even when we briefly see him in his fourties )

every single main male character over the age of 10 is voiced by a male actor , and most of them are believable . javier balas , naruto ' s voice actor , explained in an interview that it was done like that because when the series arrived to spain , in japan the manga had already reached the

. hence , they casted so every character could keep their voice actors after that point .

which happened for all characters . . . except sasuke . before the time skip he was voiced by adolfo moreno , a 30 - something voice actor famous for voicing ash ketchum from pokémon , sora from kingdom hearts ii and scott pilgrim , among many others . however , after the time skip he was replaced by eduardo bosch , whose voice sounds way more mature . . . so much that some people believe they overdid it .

it ' s probably worth noting that greg ayres ( the actor of negi from negima mentioned above ) has been cast three times in dubs for young characters voiced by akira ishida in the original : kaworu nagisa of neon genesis evangelion , chrono of chrono crusade and satoshi hiwatari of dn angel . in fact , greg himself tends to be a walking example—he was originally hired as a voice actor in the first place because his natural voice sounds so young

sixteen - year - old tsukiyono omi of weiss kreuz is played by yuuki hiro , actually the oldest of the four lead voice actors of the series ; his youthful voice means that he is often cast as cute , young boys .

was played by his male actor , ryo horikawa in his young appearances . most dubs use a female actor for this role , but the funimation english dub , like the japanese version , used his adult actor ,

christopher sabat also voiced the child form of piccolo in dragon ball , while in most other versions including the original japanese version cast a woman for this part .

( with a few exceptions which were old enough to be played by a male in both versions ) .

this trend was followed by most of the other dubs worldwide ; in fact , the japanese version seems to be the only one in which shinji was voiced by a woman , which some fans perceive as lost in translation , as his effeminacy was a major point in his character development .

other male teen characters were also voiced by men in the original japanese : touji suzuhara , voiced by tomokazu seki ; kensuke aida , voiced by tetsuya iwanaga ; and , as mentioned above , kaworu nagisa , voiced by akira ishida .

the 2008 yatterman series marks the only time in the franchise ' s entire history ( the live - action movie aside , for obvious reasons ) that gan / yatterman - 1 had a male actor ( hiroyuki yoshino in this case ) ; otherwise , he had a female actress .

the adventure of sinbad ova has 14 - year - old sinbad and drakon being voiced by the same actors who play their 30 - year - old selves in magi , which just sounds unnatural combined with the more cartoonish art style .

nate , a fifth grader from yokai watch is voiced by 40 year old johnny yong bosch .

princess principal : in - universe - dorothy is 20 years old , and undercover as a high schooler . ange lampshades it by saying her class must be very kind .

flip flappers : toto in the original japanese version was played by a woman to give him the pre - adolecence voice while the dub gave him a matured male voice .

although there ' s generally no actual casting involved , many fanfics involve describing teenaged characters ( both existing and new ) in terms that don ' t fit with their ages . sometimes there actually is casting , when the author creates banners or pictures for the cast , and generally uses " teen " models or actresses in their early - mid 20s .

in the author ' s notes of my immortal , tara gilesbie suggested that gerard way ( ! ) should play draco in the next harry potter film . gerard was almost 30 at the time .

butter up of the actingverse in my little pony : friendship is magic fanfiction plays fluttershy , and is a full adult , unlike the child stars who play the other characters .

one that didn ' t happen : j . d . salinger once wrote that the only adaptation of the catcher in the rye he would permit would be with himself , then well into his 30s , playing the 16 - year - old lead .

john green , perhaps as a shout out to the above , tweeted that he would be playing augustus in the fault in our stars as an april fools prank .

alice cooper , born in 1948 , has been singing " i ' m eighteen " for over 30 years .

bryan adams had a hit with " 18 till i die " in 1997 , at the age of 37 .

pat benatar , born in 1953 , built an entire discography around singing about how " we are young " back in the 1980s . the video for " love is a battlefield " ( which has the " we are young " line in question ) , where she plays a teen runaway . she was 30 at the time she made the video .

marilyn manson , born in 1969 , has been singing , in a first person narrative , of being a disgruntled youth , since 1994 when he was 25 .

korn have made a career out of teenage angst and high school ostracizing ; so far they ' ve been at it since 1993 , being at the time 22 years old plus .

madonna ' s early musical career centered around insinuating that she ' s a troubled youth , being a material " girl " who was " like a virgin " and juggling youthful crushes and youthful rebellion and wants to know " where ' s the party " , contrasted with tougher issues such as whether or not her " daddy " would be angry that she ' s pregnant , and running away from home because " daddy " is abusive . she was 25 years old when she released her self - titled debut . 3 years after that , she still considered herself young enough to kiss a 13 - year - old in the music video for " open your heart " , but her critics disagreed .

belinda carlisle had a youthful - sounding voice and used it to make references about being a " kid " in " school " finding love for the first time with her band the go - gos . in the late 1980s , she became a solo artist at the ( relatively ) mature age of 29 , replete with air - brushed album covers to make her look like someone born after 1958 .

cyndi lauper , another 30 - something in the 1980s who got famous about singing about being a " girl " instead of a woman .

pete burns was 26 when he released his album " youthquake " and the other members of british new wave band called " dead or alive " were in their late 20s and early 30s .

the beach boys continued to sing love songs to teenage girls even after they became middle - aged , bearded , creepy men . not counting the unreleased track " lazy lizzy " , in which brian sings about stalking an underage girl , the most pedo - worthy track to appear on a beach boys disc was undoubtedly " hey little tomboy " — made even worse by a bootlegged outtake in which the boys seem bent on gang - raping the title character .

at the age of 26 , katy perry played a 13 - year - old high school student in the music video of her song " last friday night ( t . g . i . f . ) " .

several of taylor swift ' s videos , such as " fifteen " , " you belong with me " , and " the story of us " , in which she plays high schoolers . minor examples earlier , as she wasn ' t that much older than her characters , but it ' s started getting played more and more straight as she gets older ( though to her credit , she doesn ' t look it ) .

van halen ' s members were in their late twenties when they came out with the song " hot for teacher " , where david lee roth describes himself not as a college student , not as a high school student , but what sounds like an elementary school ( an american school for pre - teens ) student , lusting after his teacher . the video averts this by having scenes depicting the band as actual children , as well as being blatantly comedic in the first place .

20 - something ke $ ha has made an entire discography over referring to herself as a young girl who believes herself to be a rebel who is living on the wild side despite her vanilla bubblegum antics , especially her song " die young " ( which has endless references to her youth ) or the video for " tik tok " ( which has her living with her parents and riding a bike because she ' s too young to drive ) . her debut album , animal , was released in 2010 when she was 23 .

in the music video for " stupid girls " by p ! nk , she rather convincingly portrays a 16 - year - old girl ( purging in the bathroom during a school dance ) , as well as other characters covering a wide age range . she herself was 27 .

in the music video for " sixteen military wives " by the decemberists , the band members portray a high school model un . they all look at least ten years too old for the role . however , most of the actors in the video who aren ' t band members look plausibly teenage , and one of them is clearly in fact too young .

the music video for fancy , featuring 24 - year - old iggy azalea , 22 - year - old charli xcx , and their equally adult friends portraying teen characters from the high school film clueless .

the song and video for gwen stefani ' s " hollaback girl " , which depicts gwen as a high - schooler . she was 36 .

in her video for " mickey " , toni basil portrays a high school cheerleader . she was 39 at the time .

rob halford of judas priest mixed this with boomerang bigot on the group ' s 1986 synth - metal album turbo , which included songs about how teenagers are " wild " , " hot " and crazy " and adults are uncool . most blatantly , there ' s the line " we don ' t need no , no , no , no parental guidance here ! " halford was in his mid - thirties when he wrote and sang that line , making him more like a cool young uncle than a hip teen .

in the music video for " bad " , michael jackson , who was 29 at the time , plays a high school student .

hustle ' s monster bono was only six years younger than his " father " , the great muta , and was seven years older than his mother , yinling the erotic terrorist .

tna did a storyline where " father " james mitchell claimed to be the father of abyss . . . except taking into account their relative ages meant that mitchell was only 9 when abyss would have been born .

bull nakano produce empress featured a 50s & 40s & 30s & 20s & 10s five on five tag team match with a wrestler on each side for each age group , except for one of the 10s was dramatic dream team ' s cherry , who had claimed to be 18 eight years ago and would logically would be 26 .

kelly kelly evoked this , even though her character was intentionally written to subvert it . when hired to appear as an " exhibitionist " on ecw on scifi in the late spring of 2006 , barbara jean blank , born in 1986 , was not yet 20 ( her birthday is in december ) and looked even younger than that . the commentators and other performers frequently called attention to the fact that kelly was " underage " , even though 20 is comfortably over the age of consent in the united states and most european countries ; they were merely trying to emphasize that she was the youngest person on the entire roster . as if those innuendoes weren ' t enough , kelly was also paired romantically with mike knox , a man so gargantuan that he looked more like her father than her boyfriend - and who acted like her father , too .

quite common with shows involving puppetry that have characters who represent children . the most notable example is sesame street , which has several characters who are supposed to be children , but sound like adults .

in pokemon live , the characters are pre - teens . the actors . . . aren ' t . kind of inevitable , really .

, 26 - year - old edward rutledge was played by then - forties john cullum . there ' s even a line in the play about how rutledge is the youngest man in congress . but who cares about that when you ' ve got cullum ' s beautiful soaring baritone ?

done for artistic reasons in the golden ticket , an opera based on charlie and the chocolate factory — to emphasize charlie ' s innocence and kindness compared to the other kids in the story , he ' s the only character played by a kid . the four brats and several jealous tots who are at hand for the factory opening are all played by adults .

in wicked the age range of the leads elphaba and glinda is about 18 - 23 years , and sometimes there are actresses those ages that play them ; but more often than not the roles are given to women in their late - 20 ' s to mid - 30 ' s , and sometimes even older .

the 2015 broadway production of gigi has 26 - year - old vanessa hudgens playing 18 - year - old gigi . coincidentally , leslie caron was the same age when the original film was made . on the other hand , the role of gaston , who was played by 36 - year - old actor in the film , is being performed on broadway by corey cott , who ' s only 24 !

in the novel of les misérables , fantine only reaches her mid 20s , while grown - up cosette and éponine are only about 16 or 17 . in the musical , cosette and éponine tend to be played by actresses in their 20s , while fantine ' s actresses tend to be in their 30s or older . this is even the case in the 2012 film version , with 30 - year - old anne hathaway as fantine , 27 - year - old amanda seyfried as cosette and 22 - year - old samantha barks as éponine .

due to the fact that hamilton covers such a long period of time—1776 to 1804 not including the prologue covering the first 19 years of alexander hamilton ' s life—this was pretty much a necessity . however , by far the most blatant example occurs with alexander ' s eldest son phillip . he ' s the only one of the hamiltons ' eight children with a role in the play ( the other kids are mentioned but he ' s the only one who appears ) , and the same adult actor plays him at both 9 years old and 19 . it helps that his original actor , anthony ramos , has a smaller frame , boyish face , and higher vocal range , making it much less distracting than , say , having the hulking baritone okieriete onaodowan ( hercules mulligan in the first act , james madison in the second ) in that role .

hamlet is a tough call . according to the play , he just interrupted his studies at wittenberg , so he ' s not even graduated college . but elsewhere , the play mentions him as being in his thirties . maybe shakespeare couldn ' t do maths very well . plus , the role of " hamlet " has acquired a reputation as being sort of the " crown jewel " of an actor ' s career , so you ' ll find men cast as hamlet when they ' re in their thirties or older , usually at the height of their fame . it may be an aversion , though , as plenty of older men went to study at university later in their lives and still do today .

it ' s very rare that you ' ll see a production of romeo and juliet where romeo is seventeen , much less one where juliet is barely fourteen . leaving aside the challenges of mastering shakespeare ' s language and characters , the subject matter ( including a rushed marriage , murder , and suicide ) is dark and bracing enough as it is . sometimes the production will just age lift juliet by a few years , even if the actors are still out of their teens .

likewise , cio - cio san in madame butterfly is supposed to be fifteen in act i and eighteen in the later acts . but considering the difficulty of her role , she requires a master performer with a fully developed voice , so she ( and many other opera ingenues ) are dawson casted .

puny humans has emma , a pre - teen , played by a mid - 20s actress , albeit a short one older than they look .

spring awakening is about early high - school - aged students ( fourteen or fifteen years old ) having sex . the script calls for simulated masturbation , a light bdsm scene , and a sex scene in which the original broadway choreography calls for the female and male lead to briefly appear topless and bare - butted , respectively . even if individual productions choose to omit the nudity ( as colleges often will if appearing in plays is a requirement to graduate from certain majors ) , the subject matter and language still make dawson casting a safe bet .

most productions of the king and i , including the film , apply this trope to anna leonowens and playing gertrude to the king , presumably to make their battle of wills feel more evenly matched and to enhance their unresolved sexual tension . the real anna was in her late 20s or early 30s ( though she most likely claimed to be younger than she was ) when she came to siam , while king mongkut was nearly 60 , but they ' re usually both played by performers in their mid to late 30s or 40s .

the teenagers in final fantasy viii look to be in their early to mid - 20s . since the game is supposed to be like an american - style high school drama and was made at the height of squaresoft ' s period of trying to be ' cinematic ' , it comes across as an intentional stab at creating the look of a dawson - cast movie . this is especially apparent with squall , who was modelled after a musician who had been in his 30s at the time of development .

angela from silent hill 2 is intended to be a teenager , but was played by an actress in her 40 ' s . this was done on purpose to emphasize how damaged she was after her dark and troubled past .

the last of us 14 - year old ellie is voiced by 30 - year old ashley johnson . additionally , 16 - year old riley is voiced by 32 - year old yaani king ( and they both sound it , especially the latter ) .

be up to a year , making tedd eighteen . she then goes on to say that it doesn ' t matter anyways since none of them are likely to look any different before they turn 30 .

though the revelation that he may be under the drinking age causes tedd to excuse himself so that he can dispose of a keg in the fridge before his dad finds it .

this was the initial reason that some viewers suspected lonelygirl15 to be a hoax . the real life implications of this are apparent in an episode of maxterbexter , in which former lonelygirl15 actors becki gregoski and maxwell glick complain about needing to show id before they would be served alcohol , even though maxwell glick was 29 at the time .

on the website hosting the whateley universe , the stories centering on chau lee ( bladedancer ) are often illustrated with pictures of zhang ziyi . the character is fifteen , the actress at least twelve years older . . .

mocked in a very potter musical with clearly college aged darren criss stating " i ' m just a 12 - year - old kid " .

lucas cruikshank was 14 when he started playing six - year - old fred figglehorn . justified in that he created the character to be performed by himself .

20 - something bhargav playing ma - ti , who is somewhere around 14 . he said he was fourteen when he woke up to see marz gurl and the nostalgia chick in bed with him .

lindsay and doug both play teenage versions of their characters in videos , respectively 27 and 30 as of writing .

because she ' s short and they have clothes that will hide her bust , tamara often plays kids in critic skits .

behind the veil is an interesting case of this , with the " actors " being limited to celebrity representations of what the character ' s appearance would be . however several characters ages are either older or younger than the celebrities portraying them , for example the 32 - year - old jack raven being represented by the 45 - year - old jeffrey dean morgan .

star wars uncut : in this fan film remake of star wars : a new hope during the scene on the death star bridge leia ( circa 20 years old ) is played by a woman who has got to be pushing 80 .

epic rap battles of history — " romeo & juliet vs . bonnie & clyde " : in the original play by shakespeare , juliet is only 13 years old , while romeo is probably not much older . this was lampshaded by their opponents , where bonnie called juliet a " prebuscent vixen " , and clyde referred to romeo as a " boy " . in real life , grace helbig ( juliet ' s actress ) is a year older than bonnie ' s actress , hannah heart ( they ' re 30 and 29 , respectively ) . while nicepeter , who portrayed romeo , is 36 .

south park couldn ' t help but use this trope when they did the live action reenactment in " i should have never gone ziplining " by casting guys in their mid 20s to play the ten year old boys . cue the narrator emphasizing " these four 4th graders " throughout .

parodied in an episode of family guy , in which the " older kid " on dawson ' s creek is an old lady who behaves in a stereotypically grandmotherly way ( fixing dylan ' s sock for him , and reminiscing about how things used to be ) .

the ember island players play it straight . all of the adolescent characters are played by very obviously adult actors .

lampshaded in - universe in a third season episode of kim possible called , " and the mole rat will be cgi , " where a famous action movie director about kim , ron and rufus , and the director decides to cast an actress named heather to play kim and an actor named quinn to play ron—ron points out that heather and quinn are in their late 20s , and are thus way too old to be playing high school - aged teenagers .

lampshaded in the tiny toon adventures episode " thirteensomething " , where babs disguises herself to get a role on the titular show ( which has a humans - only cast ) . her paper - thin disguise features a much curvier figure than you ' d expect for a human girl of babs ' approximate age .

the virgin mary is usually played by an actress over the age of 20 , but historians say she was about 14 when she became pregnant with jesus . ( obviously there ' s no evidence for mary ' s actual age , but she clearly has the status of a girl who will be married soon , but not yet , and the ancient jews had pretty strict cultural norms about at what age you went through important milestones in life . )

it ' s a common lesson , in art class , that the more lines you add while drawing a face , the more aged your subject will look . also , the more angular the subject in the picture is , the older they will look . therefore , most young characters should be drawn with no lines and a rounded face . some artists don ' t apply these rules .

in " how to draw comics the marvel way , " " drawing comics in the style of detective comics comics , " " aping shit the valiant way , " and every other drawing tutorial i ' ve been a part of , it clearly says that every line you draw on a person ' s face adds to their age . when you ' re drawing children or sexy young women you give them clean surfaces to suggest youth and a tightness of veins , and when you draw clint eastwood in an eyepatch hanging out with gen 13 you draw all over his face to let people know he ' s old . depending on who you talk to , every line can equal a year added onto the life of your character . shaft , the young leader of rogue operative team " youngblood , " is 900 years old .

in a rather squicky and creepy example , a 29 - year - old named neil rodreick iii was found posing as the 7th grader ( 12 years old ) casey price , fooling even the two people he was living with .

a woman from texas , treva throneberry ( mentioned in the live - action tv section ) , pretended to be a teenager throughout her 20s and early 30s and moved from foster home to foster home . she got a tuition to go to college and was finally arrested for fraud . interestingly , she didn ' t look especially youthful .

31 - year - old patricia dye posed as a teenage boy so that she could have sex with a teen girl .