Jennifer Weiner, a novelist, writes frequently about gender and culture. OPINION She’s everywhere, and she’s giving a lot of work to female talent. Is that such a bad thing? In The First Wives Club , Goldie Hawn memorably outlined the three ages of women in Hollywood: “Babe, district attorney and Driving Miss Daisy.
” That was in 1996. Almost 30 years later, middle-aged women are everywhere. For every DA, mother of the bride or groom, newscaster or president, there’s a woman in her 40s or 50s or beyond starring as the love interest or the leading lady.
Think Demi Moore in the body horror film The Substance or Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton in Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door or Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas in Maria ..