Girls on the other Side
In Boys on the side, these ladies create an unbreakable bond with each other. They become extremely close and are unafraid to share this relationship with the world. They are brought together by one women’s unfortunate relationship with her boyfriend, from this moment they are bound together. Also, because one of the women turns out to be homosexual, this also challenges social structure. They also openly talk about their sexual experience, which is not always seen coming from women. And in the end, we find out that two of the women have developed a relationship that is more than friends. Even though people are exposed to lesbians, it is out of the norm that a heterosexual women would fall for a lesbian.
In the end, we see everyone together singing. As they pan across the living room we see Holly and Abe with their new baby, a perfect little family – disregarding the fact that the mother is a convict. This scene reinscribes the “normal family” with the masking of the music and panning over the smiling faces of all the friends and family.