I watched it after listening to the rave reviews of pop culture happy hour. The AIDS-related one I watched before was probably the Dallas Buyers Club. If that movie made me know, oh, this disease is so bad, then this show really brought me a personal experience of how you would feel if your friend had AIDS. Crying is a must.
The show has many flaws. For example, the emotional life of the character Jill is not mentioned at all. She seems to be just a tool to extract value/gay friends of the opposite sex. Although her character is very positive, is such a perfect person established? Why does she care so much about being gay? Is it because you happen to have so many gay friends? Or is she gay herself? What about her sex life? When the gay men in the play were enjoying their youthful bodies to the fullest, they didn't explain Jill's situation at all, even if a boy/girl walked out of her room once. exist. There is also Richie's family of origin. I have to say that the actors acted well, but in the end, the words of jill and my mother accused my mother of feeling shame for homosexuality. It may be better if there are more foreshadowing. Richie's family showed the feeling of homophobia is father, mother just always implied that jill and Richie are a couple, of course, this is homophobia in the subconscious.
Still, the film is emotionally brilliant. A very beautiful beginning, friends met, 20 years old, big city London, sexual liberation in the 1980s, sharing a pink palace together, friends talking and supporting each other's life, which is very similar to the memories of our youth. So it's easy to bring in yourself and see the protagonists as your friends. With the development of the plot, the disease comes, and you can feel the pain of AIDS, just like any other disease.
But AIDS is different from other diseases. The 1980s was a time of ups and downs, feminist movement, sexual liberation, hippies, with the trend of progressive freedom and openness, the gay community gradually became less secretive. In fact, it is very difficult to ask people to change their minds. In an environment where the mainstream is still homophobic (not to mention parents towards children), as a homosexual, it takes a lot of courage to pursue one’s own happiness and even have fun. and psychological construction. Fortunately, Richie, Roscoe and Ash have each other, have friends, and have a community. When they finally got support and finally established their legitimacy, even on a small scale, AIDS appeared, and because gay men didn't use contraception and easy-to-break sexual intercourse, AIDS seemed to be God's physical punishment for homosexuality. arms. Richie's remarks in the bar are also a true portrayal of the initial negative attitude towards AIDS in the 1980s, AIDS denialism. Overall, the show is remote yet real, light yet heavy, and in a more personal way, allows viewers to intuitively experience the struggles of the gay community in the 1980s when confronted with their own identity and their fangs. AIDS fear.
This is a youth film, because everyone is so cute, we are so reluctant to part.
In the face of homosexuality and AIDS stigma that continues, I believe neither of these things will be eradicated. Because not everyone values freedom.
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