The Last Frontier

The girls look great, even though they are old!

Imagine saying something like, "Oh God, not a TV show about three single black women living in New York! Who cares about them anyway?" Nobody would dare. Or how about,"What? Watch a show about fat women managing the dating scene? No way!" No way is right -- fat women on TV are in, mostly because there are so many fat women not on TV, there's a ready audience. And of course, wouldn't everyone just love a sitcom about three handicapped women, struggling to get in and out of restaurants in their wheelchairs? The likely answer is yes, and they'd tune in religiously and feel quite proud of themselves for doing so.

In fact, just about every group of misfits is accepted these days except for the one group that is still pilloried, mocked, shamed and told to stay home behind closed doors, and that's old people. And not even that old, really, just no longer in the bloom of youth. The proof of this miserable truth is everywhere, and now most glaringly evident in the public's reaction to the coming TV show And Just Like That, a new take on the wildly popular hit series Sex and the City that ran from 1998 to 2004.  

Set to appear on HBO-Max this December, the 10-episode revival will feature three of the four stars -- sexy Samantha (Kim Cattrall) will not be returning -- who are all now in their fifties. The fact that there are some gray hairs in evidence is freaking many people out. Rude and crude comments online range from distasteful to disgraceful, with one-time fans of the original show fairly shrieking that nobody cares about old ladies!

Listen up people, circa 2021 healthy women live well into their 70s, 80s and 90s, many enjoying happy, full lives. Lots of them still like having sex, although God knows why but that's another post. So STFU about how old people are creepy and get yourself ready for the distant day fast approaching when you are one yourself, you should live that long.