A film that makes people re-examine the origin of the gay community and AIDS.
Comrades, they have been overreported by the media as morbid images of "all kinds of high heels and whips" in the past, and even pleading with their closest friends to admit that "we are no different" is so heart-wrenching and biting. When he was dying, he was unable to face-to-face or even reconcile with his family. What I see in this film is their honesty and bravery and their shame about themselves under pressure from the outside world. Love is the same. Looking at every look and movement of his, I was surprised to find that I didn't feel disgusted, but felt genuine warmth. Maybe same-sex love originated from sexual attraction and desire, but in fact it shows the same beauty in every real human nature.
In 1981, when AIDS first broke out among the gay community, a million gays faced this silent outbreak of plague and death, but no one cared. In particular, the question after the presidential adviser closed the door, "It won't happen to heterosexuals" and "there is no heterosexual case at present, right" is even more shocking and embarrassing.
In the film, the female doctor who always insisted on front-line rescue was infected with polio when she was young, and this infectious disease can be treated and prevented to a certain extent when she grows up. It is also worth thinking about, the trigger and transmission of polio is not very sensitive, perhaps this is the reason why it has received a lot of research and discussion over a period of time.
On the other hand, in the first few years of the AIDS outbreak shown in the film, the government's conservatives' neglect gradually suppressed the vulnerable groups, even to the point of destroying them. The LGBT community also vividly demonstrated their struggle and pursuit of so-called freedom.
The film ends with the most indignant leader losing his love, and the death address book cards that "Sheldon" has accumulated.
The film is over, but the hustle and bustle about discrimination and caring has not calmed down. The sharp and real images have thrown too many questions for the audience to think about, and they have also flowed out too much space for the audience to imagine...
Finally I thought, are they doomed to live in the shadows because they are different from us?
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