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Ageism and Women in Film . Fried Green Tomatoes Death Becomes Her Calendar Girls It’s Complicated. Ageism Issues. How does Film portray women over 40 Are there any roles available for women over 40 Is 60 the new 40 What lengths will women go through to maintain youthfulness
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Ageism and Women in Film Fried Green Tomatoes Death Becomes Her Calendar Girls It’s Complicated
Ageism Issues • How does Film portray women over 40 • Are there any roles available for women over 40 • Is 60 the new 40 • What lengths will women go through to maintain youthfulness • Are women over 40 still considered desirable
Fried Green Tomatoes 1991 Jessica Tandy Old Wise Happy Strong Self Confident Quick Youthful despite her age Kathy Bates Middle aged Unhappy - Happy Insecure - Confident Overweight - Healthy Submissive- Aggressive Because of an older wiser friend she transforms herself and becomes more than she was in her youth
Death Becomes Her1992 • How much women value their youthful appearance and to what extent they will go to maintain it • Fantasy, exaggerated, comedy
Calendar Girls2003 • Women over fifty raised money by posing nude in a calendar • Very popular • Went to Hollywood • Sexy • Self confident • High self esteem
It’s Complicated2009 • Middle Aged Woman • Confident • Successful • Beautiful • Has multiple suitors • Ex-husband desires her over his much younger wife • She is not afraid to be alone
Have Films joined the Women's movement • First Wives Club • Joy Luck Club • Thelma and Louise • Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood • Mamma Mia • Under the Tuscan Sun • The Bridges of Madison County • Somethings Gotta Give
Positive • Actresses careers are lasting longer • Women are viewed as more than a sex symbol, emphasizing that sex appeal is not the only thing women offer • Their worth seems to rise with age and wisdom • Women are viewed as independent and strong • Men are realizing that substance over style is more important
Negative • Women feel that once there sex appeal changes they are not as desirable • Focusing to much on outward appearances • Plastic surgery
Films over all • Have created many movies that empower the ageing women • Still portray women as sexy over 40 • Creating more movies with roles for women over 40 • Are casting women over 40 in roles of a sexy nature (partly because women over 40 look much younger)