The first person to eat crabs is brave and lucky, and the first person/group to get some kind of disease is a nightmare and hell. The torture of illness, the fear of the unknown, the anger at the indifference of government agencies, and the helplessness of being marginalized by society devour every AIDS patient and his lover (their family members are not shown in the film).
The film spends a lot of time depicting Ned's anger in different scenes, but no matter which one, they all feel the same. Moderate anger is good, it shows that you are concerned about something and want to do something, but excessive anger can make people lose their minds, and even achieve their own goals in the name of anger.
The perspective of the film is not enough, basically they are writing about their own group, and the performance of others is only a little bit, and many of them are described or sidelined. And when I look back now, I can't think of what the Gay Health Crisis Committee has done other than answering the phone, what is the attitude of the government, has it not changed at all along the way?
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