Hollywood’s Graylist: Writers and Ageism : OTHER VIEWS : We’re All Getting Older
T imes staff writer Nina J. Easton’s article on ageism and writers in film and television (“Hey, Babes! How Old Is Too Old for Hollywood?,” Nov. 17) has produced an usually large response from readers. A sampling of their views appears here and on the facing page: There is no question that the dismissal of older talent has had a deleterious effect on the quality of what we see lately.
I find it so ironic that age discrimination can exist, because unlike the victims of other forms of bigotry--ethnic minorities, women, gays--the victims of ageism are our own future.
Everyone is going to get old, if they’re lucky. How can you possibly step on someone whose boat you will all too soon share?
JOANNE G. MURPHY
Los Angeles
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