McGill said:
"The part of Becky’s mom feels overwritten. Though, unfortunately, it’s believable that she would coerce her daughter into lying for her scummy brother, the way she does it is way too blatant. Her dialogue is unrealisticly blunt. I realize this is the way of the Degrassi world (see Imogene’s statement regarding her dress revamp for the love of Jack), but somehow it’s even less palatable when it comes from an adult character. Adults are no less awful than teenagers, but they’re typically more subtle about it." Thanks for the comment! I completely agree. When Mrs. Baker tells Becky that she doesn't know if the family can get through their ordeal at the end of the episode, she is essentially saying that she has already disowned Becky. She delivers the line so matter-of-factly, and it is so dripping with anti-Becky (her own daughter, who is not the offspring that just sexually assaulted someone) sentiment that it becomes a parody of the situation. It seems as though adult characters have a long history of being ridiculously portrayed in Degrassi. With the exception of Snake (Mr. Simpson), they are short-lived and rarely seen as the show chooses to focus entirely on the teens. I suspect that the magnified/non-existent subtleties stem from having the adult characters come on in one episode and have their entire mental state described by one line, which then has to be unbelievably overwritten. It does seem worse when they do this instead of one of the main characters (but ugh, that Imogen line... thanks for reminding me of that; so terrible). Maybe we just expect more from an adult in real life; someone with the perspective to not get caught up in pettiness and drama, or at least be more capable of hiding it?
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