But a new aesthetic is emerging. We are seeing a return to the "lived-in face." When we watch Jennifer Coolidge in The White Lotus , we are not looking at a smoothed-over simulacrum; we are looking at a face that tells a story. The lines on a woman’s face are finally being treated as topography—a map of a life lived, rather than a flaw to be corrected.

Streaming broke the studio system’s stranglehold on "bankability." Suddenly, shows like Grace and Frankie (Netflix) proved that a series starring two women over 70 (Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin) could run for seven seasons. The Crown gave Claire Foy, Olivia Colman, and Imelda Staunton the same narrative weight as any king. Mare of Easttown (Kate Winslet) showed a middle-aged detective as sexually active, exhausted, and brilliant—without a single filter on her face.

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