ACTRESS FRANCES MCDORMAND ON AGING:

“We are on red alert when it comes to how we are perceiving ourselves as a species,” she said. “There’s no desire to be an adult. Adulthood is not a goal. It’s not seen as a gift. Something happened culturally: No one is supposed to age past 45 — sartorially, cosmetically, attitudinally. Everybody dresses like a teenager. Everybody dyes their hair. Everybody is concerned about a smooth face.”

As the Chicks on the Right blog notes, “Just ignore the fact that she’s talking to Katie Couric, and enjoy what she SAYS, y’all.  It’s a great listen.” Both McDormand and Couric are 58; what’s fascinating is that Katie doesn’t seem to get that McDormand is essentially talking about her. Katie’s worked very hard at looking like she still in her early 30s, when she originally landed the Today Show gig all those years ago. Or as Kate McMillan of Small Dead Animals adds, this interview “Brought To You By Botox®.”

Heh, indeed.™

But didn’t Diana West write an entire book on what McDormand is saying – and beyond that, the potential dead end of culture’s obsession with youthful aesthetics – seven years ago?