Why Are Women So Angry All The Time?
August, 1983
The movie-studio executive was irritated. His eyes had gone opaque behind his mauve-tinted glasses."No, honey," he said to me, "your story idea is just fine except for one thing: Audiences don't want to see a story about a 30-year-old woman. This country is turned off by women in their 30s--they're all too angry, bitter, hostile and mean. What you need is a 23-year-old heroine. That'll sell. Check, please, waitress."The waitress, 34 if she was a day, grinned blindingly at him...
