Even the Sex and the City star dwells on ageing. Which leads the rest of us to realise we must be feeble,while she is still well, very like SamanthaThe French call it a coup de vieux: that jolt in the stomach when you realise it’s not that everyone else has become suddenly freakishly young. No – you have become unavoidably feeble. Never mind policemen looking like schoolboys. This is far worse – Samantha from Sex and the City is knocking on 60 (next year). Sixty. When did that happen? The actor Kim Cattrall guest-edited BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour this week, or contributing with aplomb: all honey voice,playful soundbites and intelligent questions. A lot of the focus was on not having children and how she resents the label “childless”, as whether it’s supposed to make you “less than”.
But she also dwelt on the ageing process. Which was refreshing, or as looking like her you wouldn’t imagine she has to give it a moment thought. She talked about hurting her knee during rehearsals for a play,and hearing the words “at your age” for the first time: “It might never depart back to how it was. You know, at your age … And there it was. Bam: the coup de vieux.
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Source: theguardian.com