Yet I was one of the millions tuning into “The Golden Bachelor” premiere because I wanted to know how they would handle aging.
As an older mom, I am fascinated by the media’s portrayal of older women.
Consider this: the women of “The Golden Girls” — Blanche, Dorothy and Rose — were in their 50s in 1985, when the show about old women began.
“Is anyone watching ‘The Golden Bachelor’ and thinking, ‘maybe I shouldn’t be so scared to get older….
“I feel like as someone in her 20s it’s scary, like how am I going to look when I’m older?
Persons:
Amy Klein, “, Amy Klein Mira Zaki, Gerry Turner —, —, it’s, Mary McNamara, Michelle Cottle, They’re, they’re, Xer, I’m, ” Cottle, John Fleenor, Vladimir ”, she’s, frailty, Alice, — Blanche, Dorothy, Rose —, Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, Manolo Blahnik, ” Charlotte, Galit Nimrod, ”, ” It’s, Gerry, ’, Eva Gutowski, ” Ellen Goltzer, Marina Perera
Organizations:
CNN, Nation, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Walt Disney Company, Max, verve
Locations:
Worth