"It's a Sin" focuses on the LGBT community. It is based on the "blood pollution" incident that occurred in the UK in the 1980s . Although it only has five episodes, it makes people feel the panic and helplessness in the face of unknown diseases. Social exclusion and discrimination against homosexuality.
How happy and worth looking forward to the front, how sadistic and desperate it is when you see it later.
Because the plot is real enough, it is particularly moving.
The story takes place in the UK in the 1980s.
Ritchie, Roscoe and Colin, three 18-year-old boys left their hometown with a dream, and went to London to pursue their dreams.
The boys who are still childish don't know yet, and their lives will change.
Boy Ritchie , wants to be an actor.
However, the family disagreed and decided that he could not find a good job in acting.
In particular, his father, arrogant and tough, asked Ritchie to work as a lawyer.
The traditional family doesn't allow Ritchie to do anything stray.
Of course, it also includes "coming out".
So, Ritchie took a gamble and went to London, secretly changed majors at the university, and started a carnival in a foreign land.
Boy Roscoe 's sexuality has been discovered.
This cramped feudal town can not tolerate the existence of "homosexuals" at all , and they stubbornly believe that Roscoe has been poisoned by demons.
Roscoe's father even asked the uncle from afar to take his son away for treatment.
His dislike and distrust of Roscoe were manifested in various aspects, and even Roscoe's normal greetings with male colleagues would be cross-examined.
Roscoe knew that if he was taken away, he would be tortured inhumanly.
So, on the night the uncle came, he put on a woman's clothes, rolled around and ran away.
The boy Colin is a typical good boy.
Calm personality, diligent work, kind and loving, almost never reject others.
He is not good at words, and he is also a good man in the hearts of the people around him.
But such Colin is secretly hiding a secret, he is gay.
He didn't dare to tell his parents his true sexual orientation , and he only took a peek when he met the boy he liked.
He was lucky enough to meet a tailor boss who was also gay in London. He not only taught him a lot of work knowledge, but also treated him like a younger brother.
Colin is looking forward to the future with great anticipation.
The three boys were playing and making noises in London, enjoying the beauty of youth to the fullest, and they deserved the best life in their prime.
However, there was a terrifying rumor circulating in London at that time:
In the city, people are suffering from cancer one after another, and all the diagnosed are gay.
At the time, the homosexual community was not treated well by society.
They are reluctant to offer jobs to LGBT people, and in order to get a job, they can only hide their sexual orientation.
The tailor's boss lives with her boyfriend, but is pointed at by the surrounding neighbors.
And the rumored disease that kills and seems to spread only among homosexuals has once again intensified people's panic and discrimination.
This so-called cancer is actually immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), also commonly known as "AIDS".
The predisposing population of the disease is mostly concentrated in the children of gay men, unclean sexual intercourse, drug addicts, and HIV-positive persons.
We know a lot about AIDS in modern times, but young people in the 1980s didn't know what was going on.
They don't understand, how can a common cold, a tiny wound, kill a person?
Disease is like a tireless monster, madly invading the city.
The boys didn't believe it at first, and as smart as Ritchie, it only felt that this was just another attack on LGBT people, a public opinion carnival.
He and Roscoe are still kissing and "moving" with many men as always, without restraint.
But Colin was a little scared. He watched the tailor's boss change from a spirited man to a sick man so weak that he could barely move, and death fell on him in just a few days.
Colin was afraid of the seriousness of the disease, and at the request of his friend, he also began to investigate the situation of AIDS.
But before the source could be identified, Colin was found lying on the ground, twitching.
Doctors first diagnosed Colin with epilepsy, but no one in his family history had the disease.
And Colin's convulsions are becoming more frequent, and the symptoms are not like ordinary epilepsy.
Immediately afterwards, the police came and put Colin in a single ward and confirmed that he was suffering from AIDS.
But Colin has never had promiscuity. He has only had one relationship with a man since he was a child, and on that one occasion, he was infected with AIDS.
In fact, Colin has not made any mistakes. He is also a serious and responsible boy in daily life, but now he has become like this.
Eyes dull, drooling.
Hallucinations, talking nonsense.
The disease completely destroyed this young boy.
Not only him, more and more boys in the city began to develop symptoms, one by one left London and were buried in their hometowns.
Ritchie couldn't escape either.
After having a passion with a man, he was horrified to find that there was a wound behind the man, which is a wound that AIDS patients will have.
Ritchie took a variety of methods to try to control the AIDS attack, eating all kinds of strange things;
buy any medicines that benefit AIDS;
Stare in the mirror every day to check every inch of your skin.
Worried about contagion, he quietly distanced himself from friends and stopped exercising with anyone.
Because he couldn't let go of his family, he ran back and cooked a sumptuous dinner for them, but after it was done, he deliberately fled the house with foul language and did not share dinner with them.
Knowing that his life was running out, he also let go of himself.
For example, bravely confess to your first love;
Boldly participated in the parade, lying on the road, no matter how the police beat and scolded him, he stood firm and did not shrink back.
"I thought life would be as happy as ever, and there were still dreams to pursue. But the happy life suddenly disappeared, including myself."
I really feel that this show is suitable for everyone to watch, and learn to respect while understanding AIDS.
Both race and sexual orientation deserve equal treatment.
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