We must also stop praising actresses for "looking young for their age." That backhanded compliment is the root of the problem. We must learn to see wrinkles as character maps, and gray hair as a crown.
The primary message sent to audiences and actresses alike was that the only story worth telling about a woman was her origin story—her youth, her beauty, her courtship. Her "legacy" story—her experience, her survival, her rage, her reinvention—was deemed commercially unviable.
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The most significant change in recent years is the dimensionality of the roles. We have moved past the "Grandma" archetype into characters who are messy, sexual, ambitious, and flawed.
