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Tracy-Ann Oberman on our expectations of mothers
Tracy-Ann Oberman plays a woman whose teenage son is accused of violent sexual crimes in 鈥楳other of Him鈥, currently on stage at the Park Theatre. She recounts running lines with her own mother while preparing for the role, and how her mum remarked that the character was 鈥渟o un-motherly鈥. Are our expectations of mothers reasonable? To what degree are mothers responsible for the actions of their child?
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