# Then and Now **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 26, 2022, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/then-and-now/961732 "2022-03-26T02:10:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/then-and-now/961732/1 "2022-03-26T02:10:58Z")
It doesn’t have to be musical groups, but where are they now? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/li_ggump38M/maxresdefault.jpg "The Bangles Pop Band members Then and Now") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li_ggump38M) ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/then-and-now/961732/2 "2022-03-26T03:06:53Z")
Susanna Hoffs has gotten more gorgeous with age. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Temporary\_Name](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Temporary\_Name](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Temporary_Name)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/then-and-now/961732/3 "2022-03-26T03:38:19Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Susanna Hoffs has gotten more gorgeous with age. Concur. Just the other day I was explaining to someone that the trappings of pop that made her “adorable” (or cute as can be) in the 80’s or 90’s didn’t allow her natural beauty to show as it does above sans hoop earrings, teased up hair, garish makeup, etc. I guess I am shallow enough to look at it like this, I care what the person on the right thinks and feels. The gal on the left could be [just] eye candy who can play a bass line and look good doing it. Concerning the OP, Jason Bateman went from cute kid actor to the go to guy for everyman in a nutty situation. There may be no one better, and he can do it being funny or more serious. There are more that I just can’t think of right now. (In the morning I will wake up with twenty-eight more ideas and they will all have been posted by then.) Okay one more. Marisa Tomei has retained her looks, but for my money she has also become more substantial somehow. She went from a Jersey/Brooklyn girl with a ticking biological clock in **MCV** to someone who has the ability to play real and touching roles. (Who knows, maybe I just don’t like that big hair style that was so popular in the 80’s and 90’s?) ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/then-and-now/961732/4 "2022-03-26T13:51:27Z")
One of my favorite little touches in “My Cousin Vinny” was that he keeps calling her “Lisa” but it turns out her full name is “Mona Lisa.” Susannah, Marisa…another crush of mine from that era is Mira Sorvino. She’s looking mighty good! > **[Mira Sorvino recalls the 'horrifying' time she was passed over for a role at...](https://www.insider.com/mira-sorvino-shining-vale-interview-ageism-career-2022-3)** > > "The crazy part is that the original people in the original movie that we were remaking were all 50-plus," the "Shining Vale" star told Insider. I haven’t seen this yet but it looks interesing. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/GsiRfL11I08/maxresdefault.jpg "The Go-Go's (2020) Official Trailer | SHOWTIME Documentary Film") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsiRfL11I08) [Remember Jane Wiedlin’s singing part in “Clue” (at about 1:20 in clip)?"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRSTpj2Z5cU) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/then-and-now/961732/5 "2022-03-26T23:11:42Z")
> [@Temporary\_Name](#): > > Okay one more. Marisa Tomei has retained her looks, but for my money she has also become more substantial somehow. She went from a Jersey/Brooklyn girl with a ticking biological clock in **MCV** to someone who has the ability to play real and touching roles. (Who knows, maybe I just don’t like that big hair style that was so popular in the 80’s and 90’s?) Jersey? That’s 100% Brooklyn right there. It’s a stretch to play Aunt May from Queens.