Dr. Quinn still on air and Jane Seymour's age sparks debate
Jane Seymour, star of Dr. Quinn, is back on TV and reigniting the debate about age and the double standard in Hollywood.
English · Original discussion in Spanish · Published
Dr. Quinn is still on air and we're busy doing the age math
What does it say about us that a reunion with a 90s TV show turns into calculating how old the actress looks? Dr. Quinn (the Western one, not the Alaska one) is still airing on free-to-air TV, and the conversation has drifted toward Jane Seymour's looks. At 75, the actress is once again the subject of comments that mix nostalgia with a double standard rarely applied to male actors of her generation.
Some do the math: if she was 40 and looked 20 on the show, now that she's around 75 she must look 55. Others prefer to remember the era when the series was a phenomenon for antiestéticaturing a woman doctor in the Wild West, something some see as a seed of today's "proge" discourse. Comparisons with Northern Exposure hover over the debate.
The curious thing is that the show is still there, with its explicit sarracena and its polish, gaining viewers on a digital terrestrial channel. That the focus lands on its lead actress's age says more about the audience than about her. Next time someone wonders whether the doctor is still attractive, the right answer might be a different one: is that really what matters?
What does it say about us that a reunion with a 90s TV show turns into calculating how old the actress looks? Dr. Quinn (the Western one, not the Alaska one) is still airing on free-to-air TV, and the conversation has drifted toward Jane Seymour's looks. At 75, the actress is once again the subject of comments that mix nostalgia with a double standard rarely applied to male actors of her generation.
Some do the math: if she was 40 and looked 20 on the show, now that she's around 75 she must look 55. Others prefer to remember the era when the series was a phenomenon for antiestéticaturing a woman doctor in the Wild West, something some see as a seed of today's "proge" discourse. Comparisons with Northern Exposure hover over the debate.
The curious thing is that the show is still there, with its explicit sarracena and its polish, gaining viewers on a digital terrestrial channel. That the focus lands on its lead actress's age says more about the audience than about her. Next time someone wonders whether the doctor is still attractive, the right answer might be a different one: is that really what matters?
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Summary of a discussion on Burbuja.info - Foro de economía, actualidad y política., translated from Spanish and reviewed before publication. Read the full discussion (10 replies).
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