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"The man walks in and looks right at my tits and I saw in his face that there was no way I was going to get the part. And yet in the real world there is no way I would give this guy the time of day."

Good golly, I guess it works both ways!

"Men grow cold as girls grow old, and we all lose our charms in the end..."

It's a shame that ageism is so prominent in an industry that had ribbons for every other "ism" in the book, but it's the lay of the land. The reason folks older than 40 don't go to many movies is that few pictures written by people their age are being made.

The reason folks older than 40 don't go to many movies is that few pictures written by people their age are being made.

"The Lord of Metamusil"

Now thats a movie I would pay to see.

My wife is a comedy writer/singer who's really into this issue, and what she did was create her own show. She does a live comedy/music cabaret show called "My Ship Has Sailed," filled with song parodies about Botox, plastic surgery, etc., and writes a blog goofing on outrageous news stories on those subjects. She calls age "the last big culturally-acceptable bias" because all the liberals in Hollywood are so ultra-sensitive to any offense to any group, but if you're a woman over 35, they'll call you nasty names and throw you on the scrap heap without a second thought. These women are all wealthy and connected; why can't they do what she did and create their own movies? "Calendar Girls" and "Something's Gotta Give" are currently proving that there's a market for movies with mature adults, so cash in on it already! (BLATANT PLUG ALERT!) Check out Laura's Diary at: http://www.lauraainsworth.com/news/news1.htm