For decades, the narrative for women in cinema followed a predictable, and often cruel, arc. The ingenue had her moment in the sun. The leading lady carried the torch through her thirties. Then, almost by design, came the fall. At forty, a male actor might pivot to gritty character roles; a female actor, however, was often relegated to the spectral fringes of the story: the ghost of a wife, the nagging mother, the eccentric aunt, or, most damningly, the "cougar." She was a plot device, not a protagonist. Her desires, her rage, her hard-won wisdom, and her sexuality were either invisible or a punchline.
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