"It's a Sin", is a 5-part drama about the impact of the early 1980's AIDS crisis on London's young gay men.
It's A Sin - On Demand - All 4
I binge-watched all 5 episodes last Sunday, and it had a massive effect on me. It pressed on buttons of vulnerability in me on several levels, and actually succeeded in relapsing my depression for two days from Thursday.
I'm mostly better now.
Now I appreciate most of you are straight, so you won't really be able to relate.
From evoking intense jealousy at the variety and ease of sex the male lead characters were getting (OK this was directly the reason for them dying, but that's kind of not the point).
To intense sorrow for the characters suffering and dying from AIDS
To the sense that wow I really understand these people now (I didn't before)
To the sense of community and love for one another among this clique of 5 or 6 young students - I never experienced this.
To the combination and some merging of social and sexual interaction - unique I think in the gay community - something I felt instinctively was the case, but hadn't seen directly.
To the depiction of the straight-laced parents of these gay lads, who were unable to be "out" to them. That depiction being eerily similar to that of my own parents - I always saw my parents as being different from other guys' parents. I now realize they were not that different afterall. With the kicker (slight plot spoiler) that it is the actions of those parents who at the end of the play were ultimately blamed for the whole tragedy, because it was their lack of acceptance that caused great shame to be engendered within these men, such that getting ill with AIDS was to those men a justified "punishment" for their "deficiency", a punishment that it was "morally right" for them to inflict upon themselves and each other.
A dark night of the soul.
If you are interested in gay history and culture at all, I strongly recommend this to watch. 9.1/10 on IMDB.
Just don't do it if you're at all mentally vulnerable like I was!
Now, how do I get rid of my new infatuation with the lead actor, Olly Alexander. Not healthy at all!
I never knew who he was until a week ago. He is hot though
It's A Sin - On Demand - All 4
I binge-watched all 5 episodes last Sunday, and it had a massive effect on me. It pressed on buttons of vulnerability in me on several levels, and actually succeeded in relapsing my depression for two days from Thursday.
I'm mostly better now.
Now I appreciate most of you are straight, so you won't really be able to relate.
From evoking intense jealousy at the variety and ease of sex the male lead characters were getting (OK this was directly the reason for them dying, but that's kind of not the point).
To intense sorrow for the characters suffering and dying from AIDS
To the sense that wow I really understand these people now (I didn't before)
To the sense of community and love for one another among this clique of 5 or 6 young students - I never experienced this.
To the combination and some merging of social and sexual interaction - unique I think in the gay community - something I felt instinctively was the case, but hadn't seen directly.
To the depiction of the straight-laced parents of these gay lads, who were unable to be "out" to them. That depiction being eerily similar to that of my own parents - I always saw my parents as being different from other guys' parents. I now realize they were not that different afterall. With the kicker (slight plot spoiler) that it is the actions of those parents who at the end of the play were ultimately blamed for the whole tragedy, because it was their lack of acceptance that caused great shame to be engendered within these men, such that getting ill with AIDS was to those men a justified "punishment" for their "deficiency", a punishment that it was "morally right" for them to inflict upon themselves and each other.
A dark night of the soul.
If you are interested in gay history and culture at all, I strongly recommend this to watch. 9.1/10 on IMDB.
Just don't do it if you're at all mentally vulnerable like I was!
Now, how do I get rid of my new infatuation with the lead actor, Olly Alexander. Not healthy at all!
I never knew who he was until a week ago. He is hot though
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