Demi Moore isnt alone, most women have had a devastating career popcorn moment [Video]

The shock of Demi Moore winning a Golden Globe is still sinking in. Not because, at 62 years old, she’s at an age when most women struggle to even get roles in Hollywood (even when they are as honey-limbed and sleek-haired as Moore). The irony of her winning for a film, The Substance – a dark satire on the ageism of the film industry – was lost on no one. No, the real shock came during her acceptance speech, where she described a scenario I had presumed only happened to mere mortals with pudgy upper arms.

“Thirty years ago, I had a producer tell me I was a ‘popcorn’ actress,” said Moore, referring to someonewho is possibly now deceased or, if still alive, likely unemployable. “That I could do movies that were successful and made a lot of money, but that I couldn’t be acknowledged. And I bought into it. I believed it. That …