Look at the landscape of 2024 and 2025. We are witnessing what critic Manohla Dargis calls "the revenge of the middle-aged woman."
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For decades, the career trajectory for female actors peaked significantly earlier than for their male counterparts, with women over 40 frequently "disappearing into the woodwork". This erasure was fueled by two primary stereotypical tropes: Look at the landscape of 2024 and 2025
The camera cut to Mira Zhou, who was crying. Then to the young producer in the velvet blazer, who was clapping awkwardly. Then to Lena’s co-star, sixty-one-year-old Françoise Delpy, who blew her a kiss. sixty-one-year-old Françoise Delpy
We are now seeing the dismantling of the "granny" stereotype and the rise of far more interesting archetypes.