Betty White in ‘The Golden Girls' and Sarah Jessica Parker in ‘And Just Like That’
(Picture: HBO Max)Are the Sex and the City ladies the new Golden Girls?
The dramatic difference in the name of the shows alone is striking enough to make you associate the characters with varying age demographics, and yet, they might be more alike than we initially thought.
Journalist Flora Gill shared a tweet that leftAnd Just Like That fans’ minds blown.
“The main characters in the first season of Golden Girls are younger than in the current Sex and The City (53/54 in GG and 54/55 in And Just Like That!) “ she wrote.
She added, “Amazing how different our view of women at that age is now.”
The main characters in the first season of Golden Girls are younger than in the current Sex and The City (53/54 in GG and 54/55 in And Just Like That!)
— Flora Gill (@FloraEGill) January 4, 2022
Amazing how different our view of women at that age is now. pic.twitter.com/Wq40Vsr4SG
In the 1980s sitcom, Rose Nylund was played by the late Betty White, Rue Mclanahan played Blanche Deveraux, and Bea Arthur was cast as Dorothy Zbornak.
While the actors themselves are older in The Golden Girls, it’s their characters that are younger.
The Rose Nylund is the exact same age in the pilot episode as Carrie Bradshaw is in And Just Like That.
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The shocking discovery is made all the more than likely all the more glaring to fans due to the completely opposite storylines the two shows have and the way the characters are portrayed.
Clothing and styling of course play into the distinction as well.
Moreover, the way modern elder women are viewed now is very different than it was decades ago.
Online, fans couldn’t help but express their disbelief.
“This is amazing. It’s true though - we have an entirely different idea about how women can look as they age now,” wrote one person.
This is amazing. It’s true though - we have an entirely different idea about how women can look as they age now. https://t.co/8hYdghObVe
— Whimsy from Gravity Falls (@FromWhimsy) January 10, 2022
Holy shit! That’s an eye opener!!! https://t.co/rvzFXuooXM
— MPB (@MyPlayboysBunny) January 11, 2022
i'm somewhat out of words https://t.co/1Ji3RMoxhK
— Martiina Laaksonen (@littlevalleymng) January 11, 2022
This is kinda crazy and it’s great to see women of a certain age being shown as something than old ladies. https://t.co/cFCStEVEY5
— Michael Daniels (@MichaelDaniels_) January 11, 2022
Other fans chucked as the considerable distinction between the two shows’ storylines.
golden girls were eating cheesecake at 3am in their nighties and miranda is getting fisted by callie from grey’s anatomy. what a world. https://t.co/txERVnolYy
— joe (@jxeker) January 11, 2022
Fans also pointed out the difference in how the various women are treated.
a lot of the replies are about botox and not accepting ageing etc etc but tbh most women who aren't rich and famous still look more like Sex and the City than they do Golden Girls at 55. https://t.co/48rEKtygYw
— jeromey (@aspermyemail) January 9, 2022
Somehow the women in #AJLT are treated as old maids devoid of sexuality and personality beyind age. And the women on the golden girls are thriving realistic women who deal with real life older women issues while making to live full lives. https://t.co/0LgnBN5TSO
— Candice Frederick (@ReelTalker) January 10, 2022
Surprisingly, another popular sentiment was the change of perspective of retirement of people in their 50’s.
big difference we can't imagine even rich, successful women being able to retire before they die https://t.co/DUdmicZ4Ly
— DSA Intelligence Community Caucus (@EricSmallman3) January 11, 2022
Golden Girls is also set at a time when a 53/54 year old woman could afford to retire. https://t.co/XI6MK9QMPJ
— Mr. Wordlewide (he/him) #GetVaxxed (@menace2snacks) January 10, 2022
