Mom & Son reboot creator Matt Okine denies his model of the present is a ‘woke box-ticking train’

The extremely anticipated reboot of Australian sitcom Mom & Son premieres on Wednesday night and audiences can anticipate a extra reflective expertise than the unique.

Lead actor and sequence creator Matt Okine, 38, instructed the ABC the reboot will deal with among the hilarious home issues seen within the unique by a contemporary filter.

‘Australia has modified within the final 30 years and that is why we’re doing it. I am not making an attempt to tick any packing containers,’ he started. 

‘I believe that folks assume that we are attempting to do one thing woke or doing a little variety, box-ticking train, however I got here up with the concept I wished to remake Mom and Son, alright?’ 

‘If my mum was nonetheless alive, she could be a 60-something-year-old white girl. I even have a sister, who’s older than me, who’s half African as nicely. That is what my home seems like.’

The extremely anticipated reboot of Australian sitcom Mom & Son premieres on Wednesday night and audiences can anticipate a extra reflective expertise than the unique. Pictured: Lead actors Denise Scott and Matt Okine

Okine was born in Brisbane in 1985 to a Ghanaian father and a European mom and labored to include his personal experiences into the present. 

The reboot sees Okine star within the function made well-known by Garry McDonald whereas comic Denise Scott takes over from the late Ruth Cracknell as Maggie.

The brand new sequence can have much less punchlines than the unique because it switches from an outright sitcom to a comedy-drama, though viewers can nonetheless anticipate a lot of hilarious one-liners. 

‘We’re not making an attempt to repeat something, I am simply residing,’ Okine added.

Lead actor and sequence creator Matt Okine, 38, instructed the ABC the reboot will deal with among the hilarious home issues seen within the unique by a contemporary filter 

Among the trendy sensibilities viewers will see embrace same-sex relationships, technological developments and trendy considerations round caring for the aged.

The unique Mom & Son ran from 1984 – 1994, and starred Gary McDonald as a bewildered grownup son making an attempt to deal with his ageing mom, performed by the late Cracknell.

Within the re-boot, comic Matt Okine now performs Arthur, who strikes in to take care of the just lately widowed Maggie (Scott), who might or might not have burnt down the kitchen within the household house.

The reboot sees Okine star within the function made well-known by Garry McDonald (left) whereas comic Denise Scott takes over from the late Ruth Cracknell (proper) as Maggie

As within the unique, the reboot sees Maggie run rings round her well-meaning household.

Additionally featured within the solid of the re-boot are Angela Nica Sullen who performs Arthur’s older sister Robbie and Fats Pizza’s Jean Kittson.

Mom & Son premieres at 8:30pm Wednesday, August 23 on ABC.

Thought-about one of many best of all handmade classics, Mom & Son debuted on the ABC in 1984. The enduring sitcom starred Gary McDonald as a bewildered grownup son making an attempt to deal with his ageing mom, performed by the late Cracknell (each pictured in a scene from the present)