





As Jamie Lee Curtis said after winning her Oscar at 64: “To all the people who think that a career ends at 40? You’re wrong. I’m just getting started.”
We are moving from a culture that asks, "Can we still look at her?" to a culture that demands, "What does she have to say?" The reign of the ingénue is over. The era of the empress has begun. As Jamie Lee Curtis said after winning her
Films like Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (starring Emma Thompson at 63) changed the conversation. The film is a gentle, hilarious, and radically honest exploration of a retired widow hiring a sex worker to experience orgasm for the first time. It treats her desire with dignity and humor. Similarly, The Last Tango in Halifax and the French film Two of Us depict late-in-life romance with the same sweeping passion usually reserved for 20-somethings. The era of the empress has begun
As Jamie Lee Curtis said after winning her Oscar at 64: “To all the people who think that a career ends at 40? You’re wrong. I’m just getting started.”
We are moving from a culture that asks, "Can we still look at her?" to a culture that demands, "What does she have to say?" The reign of the ingénue is over. The era of the empress has begun.
Films like Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (starring Emma Thompson at 63) changed the conversation. The film is a gentle, hilarious, and radically honest exploration of a retired widow hiring a sex worker to experience orgasm for the first time. It treats her desire with dignity and humor. Similarly, The Last Tango in Halifax and the French film Two of Us depict late-in-life romance with the same sweeping passion usually reserved for 20-somethings.
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