Too Old

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Clarissa

May 22, 2015

Look no further than the latest example of egregious Hollywood sexism. Indie darling Maggie Gyllenhaal recently told The Wrap that although she’s only 37 she was deemed “too old” to play the love interest of a 55-year-old man

That’s not sexist but simply realistic. 37 is the age when female sexuality becomes explosive. A 55-year-old man, in the vast majority of cases, has no prayer in hell of satisfying her needs. He absolutely needs somebody 15 years younger to be more in tune for his a lot less exuberant sexuality.

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8 responses to “Too Old”

Shakti

May 22, 2015

No, it’s not that. They’re just using the “1/2 his age plus seven” as the lower bound of acceptable female love interest age.
Besides wasn’t Viagra and Cialis supposed to make this issue moot for older men? She’s the right age for “female companion” in those commercials.
It’s actually funny for Hollywood because George Clooney is about that age (51) and is married to a 37 year old international human rights lawyer.

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1. Spiderbaby
  
  May 22, 2015
  
  Yeah, I don’t think that Hollywood producers make these particular considerations about sexuality. They rarely pair older women with younger man, for example. They just want the hot, young babe to be the eyecandy.
  
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2. Clarissa
  
  May 22, 2015
  “Besides wasn’t Viagra and Cialis supposed to make this issue moot for older men?”
  
  Healthy people get attracted to chemistry. And you just can’t cheat that. 🙂
  
  “It’s actually funny for Hollywood because George Clooney is about that age (51) and is married to a 37 year old international human rights lawyer.”
  
  I’m sure they have a very brawny gardener. 🙂
  
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  1. Jones
    
    May 22, 2015
    
    Walter White has chemistry, but we’re not supposed to enjoy that kind … 🙂
    
    [does the maths and concludes that “half my age minus one” was more fun]
    
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Buschmann

May 23, 2015

Amy Schumer addressed this issue. Male actors can be bankable until spiders are crawling out of them. Sally Field went from playing the girlfriend to playing the mother in the blink of an eye.

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1. Clarissa
  
  May 23, 2015
  
  I don’t even want to imagine what prompts people to bring spiders into a discussion of male sexuality.
  
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  1. Shakti
    
    May 23, 2015
    
    I took it as an exaggeration as to how decrepit male actors can be and still be bankable as characters with love lives (zombies and revenants don’t carry movies…yet) , not a Rule 34 glimpse into Amy Schumer’s psyche. The baby lambs disturb me more. :p
    
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  2. Jones
    
    May 27, 2015
    
    [mumbles something about that being popular in Japan] 🙂
    
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