The History Boys - Bath / Tour

Hmm. First, the poster pejoratively noted the age of the clueless couples "all around" who sought the poster's guidance. Age is a protected class. Let's say the poster had pejoratively noted other protected characteristics of inquisitive couples--say, the skin colour, ethnic background, religion, or sexual orientation of the couples "all around." Second, I'm skeptical about the strict accuracy of the post. Exactly *how many* of these couples turned to the poster--a stranger--and asked said stranger to enlighten them about modern schooling (even though the play is not about modern schooling, but rather schooling when the aged couples were in fact in school or recently finished with school)? Let's say that the age of said couples was 65. The play takes place in the mid-1980s, when said couples were in their late teens or 20s. The play was written by a man born in 1934, so a man who is now 90--surely no younger than the 'elderly couples.' The headmaster in the play is based on a man born in 1900. Why would couples in their 50s, 60s, or 70s need to be enlightened about a play that takes place in the 1980s, written by someone older than they are, and about characters who were/are roughly their contemporaries? Perhaps these benighted souls looked to the 30-something poster because they were unfamiliar with Oxbridge entrance examinations and those who sought entrance to the those ancient universities--but if so, than the poster is snidely complaining that the couples "all around" are not of the same class or level of educational attainment as the poster. No matter how you slice it, I find the poster's comments unlovely.