It’s just people acknowledging it was long overdue. Marta Kauffman, who co-created Friends alongside David Crane, said it was 'a mistake' to refer to Chandler Bing's transgender mom as his father throughout the series. I’ve gotten a lot of ‘It’s about time.’ Not in a mean way. I’ve gotten a flood of emails and texts and posts that have been nothing but supportive. It surprised me to some extent, because I didn’t expect the news to go this wide. Kauffman said she’s “gotten nothing but love” since making the announcement, adding, “It’s been amazing. I’m embarrassed that I didn’t know better 25 years ago. It’s painful looking at yourself in the mirror. ![]() “Admitting and accepting guilt is not easy. “I’ve learned a lot in the last 20 years,” Kauffman said. The gift will also assist the department to recruit more expert scholars and teachers, map long-term academic and research priorities and provide new opportunities for students to engage in interdisciplinary scholarship.” An executive coach and speaker, Bonnie is also host of the podcast, Badass Women At Any Age.According to the LA Times, Kauffman’s $4 million African and African American studies program will “support a distinguished scholar with a concentration in the study of the peoples and cultures of Africa and the African diaspora. They will continue to inspire us in this last season and the future.īonnie Marcus, M.ED, is the author of Not Done Yet! How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power and The Politics of Promotion: How High Achieving Women Get Ahead and Stay Ahead. The series may be ending, but Grace and Frankie are definitely not done yet. Lessons from Grace and Frankie? Challenge yourself no matter your age, and live “life to the fullest, fearlessly and unapologetically” are perhaps the greatest takeaways from knowing these characters. It’s incredibly exciting to use a whole new part of my brain. We are developing a science fiction, which is so much fun. We have a couple of things we are supervising. Kauffman: We have many irons in the fire. It’s breaking up with 100 people that I hung out with every day for eight years. We both knew parting ways was the right thing to do and it just had to be this way, but just wish it didn’t. I described it to someone that it was like when my high school boyfriend went off to college. That daily life of all of these people collaborating for one thing is a really special experience I’m going to miss.Ĭanter: I will just add that I am so sad, deeply, deeply heartbroken. That is like a deep family bond and all these people collaborated so beautifully. We have the most marvelous cast and crew and so much of the joy that comes across on the screen in born from this connection we had with our crew. Tollin: So lucky to be able to make as many seasons of this show. Although that doesn’t make me happy, at least I feel like we did it on the right terms. I think this was the right time to get out before we overstayed our welcome. I’m going to miss Jane and Lily and the rest of the cast and crew. Marcus: What are your personal feelings about saying goodbye to these characters? I think we have this image of an arc and we hit some peak and then we slide down into this sad, dark place where we’re less vital. They’re not slammed not matter what age you are.Ĭanter: I think what they taught me was to not fear the second half of my life. Tollin: The end of Season 7, which you haven’t seen yet, talks about what do you make of what you’ve done in your life at this age or any age, but particularly as an older woman? What’s enough? What makes me whole? I found that really resonated with me in terms of reflecting back on what you’ve done and want you want to do going forward and that the doors are open. From Frankie I learned something about joy, her ability to embrace everything that she committed to wholeheartedly. Kauffman: I think I learned from Grace that you can change at any age and that just because you’ve been something for a long time doesn’t mean you have to continue being that. Marcus: With the series coming to a close, what have you learned from your characters? However, I think the more important piece of it is the joy of female friendships and the way they are there for each other, the way they talk to each other, the way they support each other, the way they call each other on their s**t. The thing about Grace and Frankie is they had this common experience, and that is what drew them together. ![]() It gets more challenging because people have busy lives. ![]() A lot of people say it’s harder to make friends as you get older. What is the takeaway? What does this tell us about friendship? They really disliked each other and through the traumatic experience with their husbands, they ended up living together and becoming the best of friends despite their personality differences. Bonnie Marcus: Frankie is a free spirit, who balances Grace, who is very business oriented and organized.
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