It's an old story--actresses and some actors (remembering Jack Lemmon's facelift that gave him an overly rosy-cheeked appearance around the time of the GRUMPY OLD MEN duology) give in to the demands of Hollywood to have Botox and/or facelifts once they reach a certain age.
Virginia Madsen, a fortysomething actress who revitalized her career years ago with her fine performance in Alexander Payne's SIDEWAYS, is now doing ads for Botox. And like other actresses on various levels of the showbiz ladder--Jackie (GENERAL HOSPITAL) Zeman, Jessica Lange, Lara Flynn Boyle--the cosmetic changes to ward off the evils of aging aren't doing her any recognizable good.
Here's some Botox propaganda about how the treatment doesn't really affect the ability to have facial expressions: http://www.botoxcosmetic.com/botox_safety/facial_expressions.aspx
Yesterday, I saw an advance screening of Jonathan Demme's RACHEL GETTING MARRIED (written by Sidney Lumet's one-time actress daughter Jenny). It's Demme's best film in almost two decades; he's shrugged off the over-PC self-importance of too much of his recent work and has rediscovered the hipster/humanist fusion marking his great run of films from MELVIN AND HOWARD to MARRIED TO THE MOB.
The reason i'm mentioning RACHEL GETTING MARRIED is because Debra Winger appears in a supporting role. Ms. Winger has opted out of the Industry in recent years and has spent some of her time as an author and teacher of acting.
Debra Winger, as viewers will notice when the film opens on October 3rd, doesn't use Botox and isn't afraid of getting older and appearing her age.
And she looks a hell of a lot better than the airbrushed creature that Virginia Madsen has now become.
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