The entertainment industry has neglected older women and fixated on female youth since the early days of classic Hollywood. But, it seems like 2021 brought a ripple of change to this double standard, and 2022 could turn that ripple into a wave.
movie and the next installment of theHowever, despite this progress, changing the tide of sexism and ageism in Hollywood remains an uphill battle. Though older people of any gender are represented less than young people on screen, statistics indicate that older men are still represented on screen more often than older women.
Reflecting on the significance of the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University’s findings, executive director Martha, “We see a handful of mature female actresses and assume that ageism has declined in Hollywood. But unless your last name happens to be Streep or McDormand, chances are you’re not working much in film.
These disheartening statistics underscore the significance of nuanced portrayals of older women receiving high-profile awards in 2021. While Smart and Winslet played mothers in their respective projects, their characters were not defined exclusively by their relationships with their children. Both focused on their careers; Smart’s Deborah Vance intended to maintain her comedy-legend status while Winslet’s Mare Sheehan tried to crack several grisly cases as a small-town cop.
The role — played by Hannah Waddingham, an accomplished British theater actor — offered the actress her first major Hollywood role, and as Lauzen noted, it’s especially rare to see older women on screen who aren’t already established actresses.
If 2022 falls short in older women’s representation, it’s at least clear that a greater sea change has begun that leaves hope for the future. “We are in the midst of a demographic revolution,” Dr. Susan J. Douglas, an author and professor of communication and media at the University of Michigan, told“There are more women over 50 than ever before in our society.
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