The first contact between Harvey and Dan was in the baptism church, and Dan hoped that Harvey would support him on the issue of the mental hospital, telling him frankly that he hoped to form an alliance. Harvey said sure. But obviously Dan was isolated on the issue of the mental hospital. The other supervisors hoped that Harvey would support them. The staff persuaded Harvey to abandon Dan's son. At that moment, Harvey was still very unbearable. But politics is so cruel, Dan has one vote to nine votes for everyone else, and for the cause of Gay Rights that he fought for, Harvey finally betrayed Dan in the vote. Dan's anger at that moment was clearly understandable. To be honest, in this case, it is indeed Harvey who is sorry for Dan, and Dan deserves sympathy.
Later, half apologetically and half politically, Harvey kept contacting Dan for a reconciliation, but Dan's offer - a salary increase for the Supervisor embarrassed Harvey. Dan's deep-seated Irish Catholic hatred of gays, fueled by resentment against Harvey, kept him uttering sarcastic Harvey remarks. Hopes for reconciliation between the two faded away. The more the beams are knotted, the deeper they become.
Harvey has been advancing in his career through his own political skills and wisdom, while Dan White on the other side has gone against the current and stubbornly opposed Harvey, sinking into the abyss of failure. Out of anger, resentment, jealousy, low self-esteem, Dan gradually blamed it all on Harvey. In fact, at the last moment, Harvey was still giving Dan the opportunity to propose a plan to cooperate on the Middle East immigration bill, but at this moment, Dan had lost his mind.
The final tragedy is inevitable. The loser, Dan White, needed to find an excuse and an outlet for his crumbling life, so he turned his gun on the mayor and Harvey Milk.
Josh Brolin portrays a struggling, narrow-minded and somewhat unfortunate loser, Dan White, who lacks political wisdom, is helpless under pressure from inside and outside, unable to face the facts of setbacks. His fate was tied to Harvey, who of course was a convicted murderer, but it would be unfair to say that Harvey was not responsible for Dan's tragedy.
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