South Of Nowhere Mom Loves Lesbians!
Saturday, May 16th, 2009
Hey friends! Maeve Quinlan, who played the conservative Catholic mother Paula Carlin on the hit show, South of Nowhere, might have shown hatred towards lesbianism in the show. But you will be surprised to know that in her real life, this statuesque blonde, loves lesbians. Recently, I came across an interview of the actress and thought of sharing some of the good things with you all. Maeve shares her apartment with two lesbian roommates and has many lesbian and gay friends.
But in spite of this, she has reportedly relished every minute of playing the role of one of the biggest homophobes on cable TV! In South of Nowhere, Maeve, is seen as the mother of Spencer, played by Gabrielle Christian, and tried to do everything in her power and even beyond that to prevent the star-crossed love affair between Spencer and her best friend and resident wild child, Ashley played by Mandy Musgrave. As such her character was generally hated by the viewers, who thought of her as the villain trying to separate two lovers. However, Maeve has reportedly said that she liked it when the viewers hated her character. Her explanation for this is that the audience actually hated what Paula represented and that was ignorance, intolerance, and homophobia.
Maeve had very interesting storyline of her own in South of Nowhere. In fact the beauty of the show lay in the fact that, every character on the show had his/her interesting story. The focus of the show never rested entirely on one or two characters. Although Spencer and Ashley were the pivotal characters, but the other characters surrounding them were given equal importance. All of them had their own share of happiness, woes, love and heartbreaks.
In addition, South of Nowhere highlighted many issues like homosexuality, racism, marital issues etc. in a very honest and sensitive manner. Perhaps that was the reason why it became so popular across all age groups. I am really disappointed that the show could not be revived for another season at least. But anyways, sometimes it is better to end a show at a high point than let it be dragged on which will only degenerate its quality. At least in this manner we remember South of Nowhere as one of the classics of American television.












