To understand the present, we must acknowledge the toxic past. The old Hollywood studio system was built on youth worship. Actresses like Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, giants of their era, publicly lamented the lack of substantial roles as they entered their 40s. Davis famously described playing "monsters and grotesques" after 40 because no one would cast her as a romantic lead.
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