Pickpocket wrote:Charlie Sheen will bring the final acceptance
Despite his excesses, it's still hard for me not to feel bad for the guy. However if it turns out he's knowingly infected others, the sympathy will evaporate in an instant.
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- Tue Nov 17, 2015 2:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Movies as Catalysts for Positive Change
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Re: Movies as Catalysts for Positive Change
Despite his excesses, it's still hard for me not to feel bad for the guy. However if it turns out he's knowingly infected others, the sympathy will evaporate in an instant.
- Tue Nov 17, 2015 2:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Movies as Catalysts for Positive Change
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Re: Movies as Catalysts for Positive Change
Maaxwell wrote:Even though this has apparently now become a political thread rather than a cinema thread, I thought I'd interject with a couple of thoughts about the original topic.
I see that nobody's talked much about Philadelphia. It's my understanding that it (along with several other gay-themed films of the time such a Longtime Companion and Jeffrey) led to an increased air of acceptance for those suffering with HIV and AIDS, and helped dispel certain fears and correct certain misinformation about sufferers. I saw Stewball mention that it was an "after-the-fact" movie, but it could still surely be argued that one of the film's goals (and outcomes) was positive change, right?
Charlie Sheen will bring the final acceptance