My sociology professor who specializes in death and dying talked to us briefly about MSM who died of AIDS during the 80's, as she had seen what happened at that time. While she had a sympathetic tone talking about it, some classmates were scoffing. That judgmental attitude is reminiscent of the opposition against infected MSM during the 80's - "the IDGAF, they deserve it" mentality, which society hopefully isn't repeating. I saw Julia Roberts talk about it on Ellen. Apparently Matt Bomer lost 40 lbs. for his character played in this film. Roberts said he was just "skin and bones". It amazes me what actors will do to portray a character down to a tee, e.g. Bradley Cooper went in the other direction by deliberately gaining weight. Ellen watched it with Portia, and she said they both were crying throughout the film. I really want to check out this movie when it comes out.
That's very sad. Honestly, I know next to nothing about the AIDS epidemic in the 80s in AMerica and I'm really looking forward to the movie. It also helps that a lot of gay people are acting in this movie. Yeah I saw Julia on Ellen too. Its really amazing, the dedication of artists.
The play is amazing--given that Larry Kramer did the screenplay too I'm pretty sure it will be wonderful.
Unlikely - HBO doesn't make their stuff available for online distribution, sadly - save for Amazon that they just inked a deal with, but that stuff won't be available until 3 years after it's aired on HBO. I got HBO because of "Looking", and now I'm hooked on "Silicon Valley" - I'm a tech nerd and am absolutely in awe about how much that show gets right (and how CUTE Thomas Middleditch is, but that's another topic....)
I'd love to see this - I was almost choking up by the end of the trailer. It'll definitely be odd to see Jim Parsons in a role other than Sheldon, though.
