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The Golden Girls proved that older people could live an interesting life
"They’re seeing for the first time older women who look good, dress well, live well, and who are bright," said Bea Arthur.
The Golden Girls wasn’t purely a show for entertainment. Sure, those Miami ladies gave us more than our fair share of laughs, but they also taught us a lot of important life lessons.
A show like The Golden Girls taught audiences that life doesn’t stop just because you get older. For seven seasons, Rose, Blanche, Sophia, and Dorothy lived rich and fulfilling lives, full of love and laughter. Moreover, the four formed possibly their most important friendship with each other later in their lives. The group became closer than friends, a pseudo-family.
“They’re seeing for the first time older women who look good, dress well, live well, and who are bright,” said one of the show’s stars, Bea Arthur. “And we have our teeth! We’ve changed the public’s image of seniors. We’re not nursing-home inmates. We’re viable, interesting women who are very much in the world.”
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*available in most MeTV marketsArthur’s co-star Betty White agreed. “I think our show has pointed up that you don’t fall off the planet or dry up and blow away when you pass 50,” said the actor.
“You still have the same highs and lows and lusts,” said White. “And things strike you as funny as they did before. You’re the same girl inside. If you were a dull, drag young person, you’re going to be a dull, drab old person.”
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