| The play “Forty Carats” suddenly sprang to mind. |
| Last Edit: Delvino 05:31 pm EDT 07/31/22 |
| Posted by: Delvino 05:28 pm EDT 07/31/22 |
| In reply to: re: Streamed all 8 episodes last night - tandelor 05:15 pm EDT 07/31/22 |
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I’ve enjoyed it, too (3 of 8 so far) and thought about the ways the culture views romance, age, loneliness. Circa 1969 Julie Harris won a Tony for playing a woman who scandalously opts to explore her sexuality and fall for a young man. At 40, she was presented as d’un age certain. Ditto Bacall in Applause. That was the marker.
This show presents 50 year old gay men as a comparable marker and doesn’t shy away from the implications. It’s not a problem in search of a romantic solution; it’s a fact of life. It’s frothy and fun but decidedly honest. Getting older is still about self acceptance, not finding a hot new partner. It’s the opposite of 40 Carats in that regard and thus breaks ground.
If this feels like a strained attempt to keep a TV series on topic for a theater board, it nevertheless did cross my mind last night. That play became a stock staple. Oh, and it’s not very good. |
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