The Hollywood Age Gap Is Laughable  It's no secret that
Hollywood loves its pretty young thangs. Meaning that once a
woman hits an age where starts looking like she's actually lived
a life, she's tossed into the "mom roles" bucket and is legally
required to soak for no less than four hours a day in a vat of
paraffin wax and retinol.  The "mom roles" often see women
playing mother to an actor who may only be ten to fifteen years
younger than her and we as an audience are supposed to suspend
our disbelief and turn our eyes away from the obvious ageism.
Unfortunately, we see this played out yet again in the new
Melissa McCarthy film, Tammy.  67 year-old Susan Sarandon plays
43 year-old McCarthy's grandmother. That's a 24 year age
difference which, I suppose, is better than the 11 year age
difference between McCarthy and Allison Janney who plays her
mother.  Vulture's Kyle Buchanan uses this highly unbelievable
casting decision as an opportunity to look at some of the more
dubious instances when female actresses