South of Nowhere
[after Spencer's mother has found out about her daughter's sexuality] "Why can't you just accept that this is who I am?" Spencer
"Because who you are is not acceptable!" Paula
I found this show to have some relevance to my short film due to the way in which Spencer's mother and Ashley's mother act about their two daughters being gay. Both the girls dad's seem to be happy with it as long as the girls are happy. However Ashley's mother sees it as a life style choice that always leads to some girl staying at her house which she always has to find some way of getting them to leave due to them either just moving in, taking her prescription drugs or any other bad influence. It's affected Ashley's mother in such a way in that they hardly have a mother daughter relationship anymore but instead a rather awkward relationship in which Ashley's mother constantly lets her know what a disappointment she is and to make matters worse when Ashley's half sister Kyla moves in after they find out about her due to one of the conditions in her recently late fathers will. Ashley's mother seems to treat Kyla how she should be treating Ashley, she appears to favour Kyla and invite her to events, when Ashley brings this to her attention her mother instead turns it around to say stop trying to make Kyla uncomfortable. Ashley eventually has to let her know that just because she is gay she hasn't changed she still wants and craves her mothers love and attention.
With Spencer's mother it's a battle as well when she finds out through walking in on the two of them she is disgusted by what she has seen and literally throws Ashley out of the house in her bra and the denim skirt that she was able to quickly pull on. Paula seems to see it as something that she needs and will fix. She bans the two girls from seeing one another or even contacting one another by means of confiscating Spencer's mobile phone, not allowing her on the computer and keeps Spencer out of school for a few days. Ashley continues to call and try to see Spencer but Paula is adamant that she won't. She even tries to get the help of an outsider who claims he can stop Spencer's homosexual feelings by explaining that she only likes her due to any other reason than that Spencer loves her. This soon backfires when Spencer storms off to her bedroom and her father walks in to see Paula and the unexpected guest. He soon lets Paula know how he feels and that she should be ashamed of herself. Things do not get better straight away it takes Ashley and Spencer running away and being pursued by a man that could be a rapist/pervert. Paula does not accept it with open arms but she decides that she will have no part in trying to stop it anymore. She finally stands up for Spencer when her mother comes to spend the weekend for Spencer's 18th, the grandmother is unable to accept the revelation and decides to go home early but Paula is soon quick to say that it has not changed Spencer and that she has learnt to accept it and that she should also.
I found this show to have some relevance to my short film due to the way in which Spencer's mother and Ashley's mother act about their two daughters being gay. Both the girls dad's seem to be happy with it as long as the girls are happy. However Ashley's mother sees it as a life style choice that always leads to some girl staying at her house which she always has to find some way of getting them to leave due to them either just moving in, taking her prescription drugs or any other bad influence. It's affected Ashley's mother in such a way in that they hardly have a mother daughter relationship anymore but instead a rather awkward relationship in which Ashley's mother constantly lets her know what a disappointment she is and to make matters worse when Ashley's half sister Kyla moves in after they find out about her due to one of the conditions in her recently late fathers will. Ashley's mother seems to treat Kyla how she should be treating Ashley, she appears to favour Kyla and invite her to events, when Ashley brings this to her attention her mother instead turns it around to say stop trying to make Kyla uncomfortable. Ashley eventually has to let her know that just because she is gay she hasn't changed she still wants and craves her mothers love and attention.
