You are right about the miniseries and I too liked the scenes at the lesbian bar...
Of course, it was also the setting where the phrase "tipping the velvet" was used in the film. 
Yeah... I think they really had to explain the title somehow and somewhere. It's a cute conversation... and again it just goes to your point about Flo being pretty naive in the mini-series. I mean, I don't think it takes all
that much imagination to figure out what the phrase might be an innuendo about...
I wish they had used the word "tom" more in the mini-series. It's such an interesting thing to realize that "tom" and "tomboy" are completely archaic slang for lesbians. It's honestly something I learned from the book TTV (nice abbreviation by the way
).
I remember one scene in particular when she stands in the shadows and watches Nan sing to little Cyril in the kitchen. Flo's expression in that scene has always stayed with me - it was filled with awe, lust, hunger and a sort of repressed excitement all in one. Loved it.
*sigh*
All this talk of TTV is getting to me..lol.. I think I'll pop the DVD in shortly.. 
Yeah, that's a great moment when the viewer really gets a sense of how much Flo really is developing feelings for Nan.
I totally love the complexities of what Nan looks like when she's in her role as nurse to Cyril. Here I'm referring to moments when she's wearing her stereotypical milkmaid outfit (with the long skirt, market basket, etc.) walking down the street holding him... and one particular scene where she's standing in line with a bunch of other women and she's holding Cyril... those scenes really make you realize how invisible lesbians can be and have been in history. In those scenes (just looking at her with the long skirt and baby, etc.)... you'd never, never in a million years think
that's what a lesbian looks like. I think it's really brilliant.
And, the overall complexities of the family dynamic that falls into place with Flo is pretty amazing too. I mean, again, just looking at Nan holding the baby, from a distance no one would ever suspect that the baby belonged to the ex-girlfriend of her current girlfriend. I love how those scenes at the end thoroughly re-configure conventional domesticity into something that ends up being very pleasant for Flo, Nan and Ralph.
There's definitely a lot of chemistry between Nan and Flo and the actresses are great at conveying a lot with their eyes I think. I love the scene on the bench with Ralph and the baby where Nan and Flo exchanges those flirty, quick glances. (Again, that's a scene where you'd think passersby would never, never guess the reality of Nan and Flo's identities... especially Nan's with her complex history).
I just watched Fingersmith not too long ago. But, now, I agree, I'll definitely re-watch TTV tomorrow after work.
