when i was about 7, someone gave me a very graphic book about various historical crimes & ruth ellis was one of the stories in it. it absolutely wasnt an appropriate book to give to a child. basically they said she killed david blakely because she was a stupid slut with a gun. they didnt explain how her dad raped her & her sister or how her husband used to beat her or how david punched her in the stomach & how that lead to her losing their baby 2 weeks before she killed david blakely.
i was reading an article about this new show A Cruel Love : The Ruth Ellis Story &, of course, all the comments are from men glad she was hanged & basically calling her a stupid slut with a gun(it did include her miscarriage but in their minds she deserved that). 70 years later & men are still just as cruel. all the men in her life let her down over & over & to actually see it is triggering. her life meant nothing to them so his meant nothing to her.
i didnt want to watch it because i know what she went through way too well. the acting is good & the wardrobe is cute. i guess the worst part for me is how her son andre saw desmond cussen give her the gun, teach her how to shoot it, & once he was grown he ended up hating her just as much as the rest. andre ended up desecrating her grave before killing himself. he couldve taken that anger to help other women in her situation but instead acted like a typical male...........