The "invisible woman" trope is fading. In its place is a generation of talent proving that talent doesn't peak at 25—it deepens.
To understand the current renaissance, one must look back at the "desert." In the Golden Age of Hollywood, a star like Bette Davis or Katharine Hepburn could carry films into their 50s because the studio system protected them. But by the 1980s and 90s, the blockbuster formula shifted toward youth. The "buddy cop" and "superhero" genres left little room for the female gaze. Milftoon Comics Lemonade 3