As Emma Thompson said upon the release of Leo Grande : "Desire is not the preserve of the young. Grief is not only for the old. And a woman’s story does not end when her fertility does. It begins."
Furthermore, the "mature woman" role is still often reserved for white actresses. Viola Davis, Angela Bassett, and Regina King have broken barriers, but women of color face a double bind of ageism and racism. Davis has famously spoken about having to fight for roles that aren't "the magical negro or the suffering slave." Looking ahead, the trend is toward unruliness . The most anticipated projects of the next two years feature mature women in anti-heroic roles. Tilda Swinton is set to play a deranged art dealer, Julianne Moore a corrupt politician, and Glenn Close a punk rock grandmother. BadMilfs - Kat Marie - Curiosity Gets You Spitr...
The runaway success of The Golden Girls reboot chatter, the Sex and the City revival And Just Like That (which, despite flaws, put 55+ women at the center of a sexual and professional drama), and the box office of 80 for Brady (four women with a combined age of 295) prove that there is a hungry, underserved market. It would be naive to claim the war is won. The industry is still deeply ageist. Leading men in their 60s are still paired opposite actresses in their 30s. Makeup departments still spend two hours airbrushing crow’s feet from a 45-year-old actress while leaving a 50-year-old actor’s rugged texture untouched. As Emma Thompson said upon the release of