Peabody's children
Peabody's children can't be his children. They must be his grandchildren. What do you think? And where are their parents?
shareWhy exactly can't the children be his children? When Marty is driving away, one of the kids yells, "Shoot it Pa!"
Now mind you, most of the actors ages weren't what I expected; the guy who played Old Man Peabody was almost 70, the actress who played "Daughter Peabody" was 36, and the actor playing "Sherman Peabody" was about 11. The kid playing "Sherman" seemed about right, as I pegged him being about 12, but I always assumed everyone else was much younger. I mean, if you had suggest that old man Peabody was in his 50s, I could have gone along with that; and even literally moments before looking those ages up just now, I qued the movie up to listen if or when one of the younger two characters called him Pa, and I did not think the daughter was in her 30s. I can kind of see it now, and I always thought she looked a really matured kid, but passable for a movie as playing like 15 or 16; which if OMP were around 50-55, would be reasonable to have kids that were 12 and 15.
Knowing all of their ages now, I would guess that "daughter Peabody" really is Old Man Peabody's daughter, and may even be the one to yell "shoot it Pa!" because with everything going on, I couldn't tell which one said that. And then "Sherman" would ostensibly be the daughter's son; and the two of them are living with her parents, or feasibly her in-laws, especially considering it's the 50s, and the boy has the same last name as Old Man Peabody. It would seem much less likely for an unwed mother to be raising her son, who was given her maiden name, while still living with her parents, in the 1950s. Not impossible, but it doesn't seem highly probable.
“He lied to us through song! I hate when people do that."
Didn't the "wife" call him Pa as well?
shareDidn't the "wife" call him Pa as well?That was just a common gesture of respect in front of the kids. When I was a kid my mother would say things like 'ask Dad if he want's a cup of tea'. I'm 35 and my Dad still sometimes says 'When Mam comes back from the shop' if I ask him when something is going to happen or when we're planning to go somewhere.
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Some parents, especially from older generations, have been known to have referred to each other as "mother" or "pa" or names along those lines; and it was commonly depicted, especially in older couples, even when the children weren't around. I'm not personally familiar offhand with real life instances of this, but at the very least it is a common trope in film and television going back several decades, but not as often now.
“He lied to us through song! I hate when people do that."
My parents refer or call each other mommy/ma and papa/pa.
shareIt does seem very unlikely that a man Peabody's age would have kids as young as they were (at least supposed to be). I don't know stats but I would assume that it's even more unlikely in the 1950's than the 80's , and even today.
But it isn't impossible. And even though it's even less likely probably the farther back you go , they weren't necessarily his actual children. He could have been a step father, or even an adoptive father.
Why? While unusual, there would be nothing to keep Pa Peabody from having an 11 year old son. Or, at the same time having a 30-some year old daughter. Men do not, generally, lose fertility as they age. (Fertility does, of course, decrease. But unless disease or injury intervenes, it is not lost.)
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