The thing about peaky blinders is that it is very open to interpretation. There are no clear distinctions between black and white. Where does the black end and the white begin? Where did the black take it roots and what right does the white have to judge it? How far does the white go? Where did it begin? The show doesn’t give an answer. There is no clarity, so many lines that can be read differently. There are no redemption arcs, no climax reckoning, sometimes even no justice. It’s quite arthouse and really deep, you can analyse it again and again. And this makes people uncomfortable. They are so quick to judge, blame events on certain characters, say that that one is psychopath and this one was manipulated. When they all most certainly are and were. When they all most certainly aren’t and weren’t. You see, we have this trend right now that consists of cancel culture and hiding all the uncomfortable parts of art. People want good-natured, fair characters who fight evil, they don’t want ptsd, injustice, the complexity of human relationships and societal problems, they don’t want to see violence explained because to them it sounds like excuses. Hence, such a popularity of superheroes. There are a whole lot of problems with modern cinema and literature trends that seriously distress me, but my point is that peaky blinders is too gray, too arthouse and too serious for such a huge audience. I might be wrong, of course, but I can’t get rid of the feeling that a lot of the points the show tried to capture and get across are not explored or understood enough.