I just discovered "It's A Sin!" by Russell T Davies because it is currently on a French TV website. The series is really exciting and well played. It is the same kind of spirit that I've known in the nineties in London, even if the series takes place 15 years sooner.
But I was very disappointed by the last episode. The way the mother was pictured and blamed for everything by the of the main character's best friend, was very violent. Even if on previous episodes, some mothers were presented with a better light, the final generic reproach sounded like a blame for all mothers, guilty of all the suffering of gay men. It is unfair, considering that homophobia is closely related to patriarchy and the prejudices it carries, whose main victims are both women and gay or queer men. Reality shows us that most crimes, and particularly the most violent ones, are committed by men, and the main victims are women (starting with rape in childhood). Reality shows us also that the richest people in the world are a few men, who have therefore most power to change things. The poorest people in the world, even in western societies, are single mothers. But from Eve to today's women, we are still blamed for all the sins of society. Our mothers are assumed to be guilty each time a person does not grow up "in a good way". She is the unfortunate Christmas tree in which we hang all our grievances, while she does the hardest job in the world without getting paid. She gives us life and in return she is despised, plundered and oppressed.
The fact that Russell T Davies contributes to this, through a movie aimed to open compassion, is deeply disturbing, because it is by many ways a good and exciting show, which makes the blame on the mother even more efficient in its destructive effect.
It is fortunate that Russell T Davies's own mother has died before she could watch this. It would have destroyed her.
What do you think?