Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Great essay by a 30-something in the LA Times today on the staying power of Meryl Streep and other "seasoned stars." Makes me more determined to fit a "Mamma Mia" screening into my immediate future.
Rachel Abramowitz paints a grim picture of aging in Hollywood:
"... according to 2006 statistics from the Screen Actors Guild, the latest available, women older than 40 nab just 26% of all roles for women. (Men older than 40 get 40% of the male roles, though I'm convinced that's because every blockbuster needs a platoon of doughnut-eating cops). Writers, at least, get to work until they're 50, and then Hollywood assumes that the gray hair makes their brain cells atrophy. Those ages 51 to 60 account for less than 20% of working writers. Directors get a little more leeway, but then again, most of them start later."
But she makes a good case that the 2008 movie season - the "Revenge of the Geezers" ("geezer" meaning anyone "even considering Botox") - may be proving that the over-40 set has box office drawing power.
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