
Whatever happened to middle age? The mysterious case of the disappearing life stage
[ad_1] Amid all the recent commentary about John Cleese resurrecting Fawlty Towers, one fact struck me as even more preposterous than the setting’s proposed relocation to a Caribbean boutique hotel: when the original series aired, Cleese was only 35 years old. When it comes to screen culture, middle age isn’t what it used to be….