| Foster will look about 35 in the role. If that. |
| Last Edit: Delvino 08:17 pm EST 01/10/18 |
| Posted by: Delvino 08:15 pm EST 01/10/18 |
| In reply to: WHOA. (plus a question on Ms. Channing's voice) - GrumpyMorningBoy 12:37 pm EST 01/10/18 |
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I'm sorry, but I find this rather odd. We have enough ageism in the industry as a whole. Most older actresses have difficult finding decent roles. Dolly can be played by anyone, reading 50 - 70 something. Why give this part to a woman who could read younger than Irene? She's now playing a character on TV who passes for a woman in her 20s. On stage, Foster will look up to Irene as the older adult in the room.
Dolly is endearing because she's gorgeous and a catch but -- by the standards of her day -- (almost) run out of options. If she's 43 in 2018's casting, reading 35, we've succumbed to more ageism, the pernicious other side of the equation: viewing "older" once again as a woman over 35.
The great thing about Peter is she's precisely the right age, and appears as sexy as she always did. It makes her winning a new spouse beautiful and moving. Because she's to vital and viable.
I don't want a young Dolly. |
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