How everyday struggles give way to male wickedness: I Am Kirsty, starring Samantha Morton

31 July 2019, The Tablet

I Am Kirsty was about a single mother who finds herself in such desperate debt, she accepts a loan from an apparently kindly dad at the school gate. Samantha Morton played Kirsty. And wow, what an extraordinary actor she is.

It’s easy to forget, as telly plays such a ubiquitous (and not always edifying) role in everyday lives, what an extraordinary and creative medium it can be for conveying the intimate drama of human predicaments.

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How everyday struggles give way to male wickedness: I Am Kirsty, starring Samantha Morton

I Am Kirsty was about a single mother who finds herself in such desperate debt, she accepts a loan from an apparently kindly dad at the school gate. Samantha Morton played Kirsty. And wow, what an extraordinary actor she is.

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How everyday struggles give way to male wickedness: I Am Kirsty, starring Samantha Morton

I Am Kirsty was about a single mother who finds herself in such ­desperate debt, she accepts a loan from an apparently kindly dad at the school gate. Samantha Morton played Kirsty. And wow, what an extraordinary actor she is.

Continue Reading

Help us keep The Tablet’s voice independent, clear and far-reaching.

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The threat to American democracy

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I Am Kirsty was about a single mother who finds herself in such desperate debt, she accepts a loan from an apparently kindly dad at the school gate. Samantha Morton played Kirsty. And wow, what an extraordinary actor she is.