It's A Sin

Feb. 10th, 2021 07:12 pm
pensnest: honesty pods on a white background (Honesty)
[personal profile] pensnest
To my surprise, my sister recommended to me the Channel 4 series It's A Sin. Yes, the one with an incredible number of cute boys having sex with one another.

We just finished watching it, and I still have tears. It's a heartrending show about young men in the '80s, gay and free and happy in London, and at first, taking no notice of this weird stuff about Americans dying of some disease that only affects Homosexuals. And maybe Haitians and Haemophiliacs.

My sis said it really reminded her of 'how it was' back then. I got married in 1983 and started to reproduce not very long afterwards, so it wasn't my world, but my sister didn't settle down until the 1990s. And her flatmate, while she lived in London in the '80s, was a nurse in an AIDS ward (a thing I had not known).

It's a short series, only five episodes, and yes, it's heartrending. Watch it, if you haven't. Still on Catch-up. Well, you probably have—I'm the one who's always late getting to this stuff.

Date: 2021-02-11 03:24 pm (UTC)
turps: (Clint mood)
From: [personal profile] turps
I've been reading some interesting posts on another forum about Jill, how she could have been more rounded and not just there as the supportive caregiver with no life outside the boys and protesting.

I do wonder if some of that would have been addressed in the episodes that had to be cut, same for Ash who was an important part of the group but was sidelined a little in terms of character development.

I agree, there was a big jump in time toward the end and I would have loved to see those years filled in a bit.

And hopefully with some happy things, I don't think I could have spared more tears.

Date: 2021-02-11 10:09 pm (UTC)
word_geek: Weemee wearing purple (Default)
From: [personal profile] word_geek
I found the sidelining of Jill really frustrating. I wish they had been able to round out the character

Date: 2021-02-12 10:28 am (UTC)
turps: (dalek (pensnest))
From: [personal profile] turps
I agree.

I enjoyed her character but I wanted to know so much more about her. Even a nod to her own love life or interests outside of campaigning and the theatre would have been good.

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