For decades, the arithmetic of Hollywood was cruel. If you were a woman, the "expiration date" hovered somewhere around age 35. After that, the scripts dried up. The romantic leads turned into mothers of the romantic leads. The billboards featuring your face were replaced by younger models.

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The nature of storytelling for mature women is shifting from "passive" roles to more complex, agentic narratives.