TV REVIEW: Sean Bean In Fine Form As ->-bleeped-<- Tracie In Jimmy McGovern's 'Accused'



Posted: 15/08/2012 10:44 Updated: 15/08/2012 11:44


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Sean Bean as Tracie, attracting the attention of Tony (Stephen Graham)


The effectiveness of Accused flew or fell on one thing - would we care, or laugh, at the sight of Sean Bean in a dress?

As it happened, I ended up caring deeply for him, both as the brave, indomitable Tracie, and as the heartbreakingly lonely Simon, in the first of Jimmy McGovern's four-part drama examining the British justice system.

Simon was a man we could all relate to - undervalued at work in his classroom, consoled by literature at home, this was a tragic, timeless everyman, except this being Jimmy McGovern and 2012, his only solace was transforming himself into Tracie and hitting in the town in a frock.

On the other hand I'll go along with Steffi's view:
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Re: The Accused - A Review - Sean Bean Tracie's Story - BBC
by Steffi » Thu Aug 16, 2012 2:32 am

I thought it was awful for us on every level.
The one thing that might be viewed as a good point is that it put the general subject of trans onto television (yet again) and with the increased appeal of a famous actor.

Apart from that dubious benefit, what else about it was good for us?
It replayed every bad stereotype and made it extra farcical by casting hard-man Sean Bean.

Widow Twanky in a mini-skirt having casual sex ...... when did that image become good for us?

Bah!
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Jimmy McGovern seems to think that slummy British/Scottish life makes for wonderful televison but if so the rest of the world seems to misunderstand.