Representation of old people - Pride

The representation of old people in Pride is extremely broad. The film shows a variety of different opinions of the gay community, there are some traditional views where as others are much more accepting of the gay community and others are simply just interested and want to learn more.

Gwen is a character that has a lack of knowledge of the gay community suggesting that she hasn't been exposed to information of the gay community. She is interested and wants to learn more and when she asks "are all lesbians vegetarians" it shows just how clueless she is of that topic area. The one liners that Gwen has contradicted the stereotypical 'little old lady' as it is unusual for an old woman to ask such provocative questions to people that she has only just met "How'd you get into that leotard then?"

Clifford is yet another character who is slightly uneducated even though he is gay himself. He has hidden the fact that he is gay for so long that he does not know how to come to terms with the fact that he is gay as he is in fear of rejection. Due to the fact Maureen married his brother it is instilled into him that being gay is wrong as Maureen is constantly informing him of how it is disgusting and his brother would not be happy with him interacting with gay people. This reinforces the traditional ideologies of the time and place the film is set, as well as the character of Maureen highlighting these themes. Clifford's character represents gay men who live in fear of coming out as they are scared of rejection so they simply live a lie, whereas Maureen represents traditional views of the 1980's which is extremely homophobic. These two characters have a lot of conflict between each other as it seems as if Clifford is attempting to accept who he is but Maureen is constantly trying to push him back into 'the closet'.
A scene that shows this conflict would be where the vote has been done and it was decided that the miners can no longer accept money from LGSM and Clifford says to Maureen "this is not what my brother would have wanted" this shows how Clifford has broken away for the traditional views and is willing to accept himself whereas Maureen is completely against accepting gay people even if that leads to a family breakdown.