The Influence of Mothers | Deseret News
My friend Kieth Merrill, an Academy Award-winning director, says there is a reason we rarely find strong mothers in movies today.
"If you're a screenwriter, and you understand drama, and you want to plunge your characters into conflict, you have to 'lose the mom,'" he says.
"Mothers go missing in movies because leaving them in the lives of characters in crisis makes sustaining conflict difficult. Mothers listen and resolve problems. They are selfless and love without conditions. You want to stir up trouble and make it believable? Better keep mom out of it."
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