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Why it matters that adults play teens on TV

Name: Why it matters that adult actors play teen characters on TV
Uploaded: 2018-02-06T22:21:50.000Z
Duration: 3 min 15 s
Description: Because of child labor laws, the film and TV industry routinely cast 20- and 30-something actors into high school roles. So why does it matter that the young people we see are not young people at all? In a THINK op-ed, University of San Diego professor Susannah Stern explains.

Because of child labor laws, the film and TV industry routinely cast 20- and 30-something actors into high school roles. So why does it matter that the young people we see are not young people at all? In a THINK op-ed, University of San Diego professor Susannah Stern explains.