Something's Gotta Give Page #3

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job where she never showed them.

You can't be serious.

I mean, she's Diane Sawyer.

She goes into caves in Afghanistan...

...with a shmatte on her head.

Who cares about her legs?

You know what?

I hate to eat and run, but...

- No!

- No, wait. No.

Come on. This is really fascinating,

what's going on at this table.

Zoe teaches women's studies

at Columbia.

- Okay. So this is gonna hurt.

- No.

- Let's take you and Erica.

- Zoe...

You've been around the block a few

times. What are you, around 60?

Sixty-three!

Fantastic!

Never married, which, as we know, if

you were a woman, would be a curse.

You'd be an old maid, a spinster.

So instead of pitying you,

they write articles about you.

Celebrate your never marrying.

You're elusive and ungetable,

a real catch.

Then, there's my gorgeous sister here.

- No, wait. What...?

- Look, please...

No, this is interesting. Look at her.

She is so accomplished.

Most successful female playwright

since who? Lillian Hellman?

She's over 50, divorced.

She sits in night after night...

...because available guys

her age want something...

Forgive me, but they want somebody

that looks like Marin.

The over-50 dating scene is geared

towards men leaving older women out.

And as a result, the women

become more and more productive...

...and therefore, more

and more interesting.

Which, in turn, makes them even less

desirable because as we know, men...

...especially older men,

are threatened and afraid...

...of productive, interesting women.

It is just so clear.

Single older women as a demographic

are as f***ed a group as can exist.

Oh, God!

What are you, possessed?

How could you say those things?

It seemed really obvious, the injustice.

Thank God men die younger than us.

- It's the only break we get.

- You know what?

Write a dissertation. Don't announce

that I stay in night after night...

By the way, one "night after night"

would have been enough.

Did you ever realize that I stay in

as a part of my job?

And why do you think I married

the director of my plays?

He was the only man I ever saw.

And anyway, I like staying in,

and I like this time in my life.

Why do I have to defend myself?

I was married for 20 years. I'm done.

- What the hell was that?

- Sorry, I thought I was onto something.

Honey, what are you doing

with this guy?

He's old. He's chauvinistic.

- He's fun.

- Fun?

I mean, how is he fun?

He's, like, wrong.

- Yeah, wrong can be fun.

- No.

- Not this wrong.

- He's smart and fascinating.

If you talked about something

other than marital status...

...you would find he's smart,

owns 10 different companies.

What does that mean? It means

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