Philadelphia (1993) | First Time Watching | Movie Reaction

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A young Philadelphia lawyer who is infected with AIDS keeps his homosexuality hidden from his employers. When he is suddenly dismissed, he hires a homophobic lawyer for a wrongful dismissal suit
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Release date: 3 March 1994 (Australia)
Director: Jonathan Demme
Awards: Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, MORE
Distributed by: TriStar Pictures
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[@MovieJoob]

FULL AND LONGER REACTION: www.patreon.com/MovieJoob Jade is here to watch Philadelphia 💼 P.S. There can be many KZbin issues so we apologise if there are any scenes cut that are important! Join along in watching Jades reaction to this movie and as always leave a like, subscribe and click the notification bell to keep up with all our content!

[@stevealford230]

This movie was one of Hollywood's most devious pieces of false propaganda. Those sores are caused by using "poppers" and other Amyl Nitrate party drugs that were staples of the gay scene, NOT blameless and innocent symptoms of a disease that someone couldn't help. And in the 80s and 90s, we were constantly bombarded with movies and tv shows pushing that false message and fearmongering us with "by 1995, 1 in 4 straight couples will have AIDS," in order to trick the public into supporting giving hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to develop drugs like Prep that gay men take today so that they can still have unprotected sex with strangers without worsening their AIDS, diverting all of that money away from treatments for cancer, childhood diabetes, and countless curable diseases that would have received cures if we hadn't had Hollywood fool the public into spending it to develop treatments for disease that is transmitted ONLY through unprotected anal sex or intravenous injection. The CDC did countless studies: to contract HIV via vaginal or oral sex, you have to have unprotected sex over ten thousand times with someone with full-blown AIDS and both partners have to be bleeding from the places where the genitals contact the genitals or mouth. This movie was pure fiction and fantasy, to normalize and reframe AIDS and paint the people spreading it as upstanding citizens and innocent victims instead of as people who carelessly had unprotected anal sex with strangers at every opportunity while doing hard drugs that caused several of the symptoms that were falsely attributed to HIV/AIDS.

[@hennakettunen8755]

Thank you! I enjoy your vids, you got a subscriber of me from your empathetic reaction to Schindler's list. ❤ Please could you watch Priest (1994), I believe you would enjoy it. ❤ It's a love story, a drama.. excellent actors like Tom Wilkinson and Robert Carlyle. Can't really find reactions to it!

[@ForgottenHonor0]

This movie hits me so hard because my dad, Dr. Charles Craig MD, was at the forefront when HIV/AIDS came out to the public perception. He was an infectious disease specialist so he was one of the doctors studying and treating this goddamn disease. To the day he died he would always accept and help treat patients who had it whether they had insurance or not and I like to think in another universe he was there to help Andy, especially since he lived in Philadelphia for a long time. This movie just reinforces how important my father's work was and still is. Thank you. RIP Dad, you were the greatest man I ever knew.

[@chrisbanks6659]

It's hard to grasp that this movie is now over 30 years old. It was a game changer that challenged the myths and misconceptions and taboo of its time. One of Hanks' finest performances.

[@MovieJoob]

So impressive how they took on such taboo topics and helped set the records straight!

[@MovieJoob]

I can’t imagine how much it would have meant to someone with aids 30 years ago when this first came out!!

[@stevealford230]

@@MovieJoob They didn't set the record straight: they pushed blatant lies to create the illusion of debunking facts. Example: those sores are caused by using "poppers" and other Amyl Nitrate party drugs that were staples of the gay scene, NOT blameless and innocent symptoms of a disease that someone couldn't help. The CDC itself has upheld virtually every single belief that the media and entertainment industry try to tell you are false when they proudly and confidently LIE and pretend to "set the record straight."

[@axr7149]

This movie won Tom Hanks his first of 2 CONSECUTIVE Best Actor wins. He won for this as well as FORREST GUMP (which released the following year). On a sad note, one of the actors playing one of the firm’s co-workers (Ron Vawter) was suffering from AIDS in real life at the time of making this and passed away shortly after the film’s release.

[@MovieJoob]

Oh gosh R.I.P. Ron Vawter, just by partaking in this film he would have helped so many by way of reducing prejudice and supporting those inflicted with this horrible disease!

[@MovieJoob]

And oh dang Tom was on fire over these years!!

[@TheRepublican777]

Forrest Gump was only a year later? I thought it was two years later lol I guess I saw Forrest Gump a little later, oh yes i must have because I rented the movie to watch it at home so that would have had to be a year or two after it came out for it to be out of theaters and on video tape lol

[@MontagZoso]

Wow, I never knew that about Ron Vawter. 😢 Thank you for the info. Rest In Peace, Ron. 💐

[@tommarks3726]

There's a reason Tom Hanks won the Academy Award for his role. Amazing performance.

[@johnmason9655]

Actor Ron Vawter, who played one of the law partners, was actually HIV positive. The insurance company wouldn't give coverage for him, but Director Jonathan Demme persuaded them in the end. Due to the film's storyline, he said it would be ironic not hiring an actor because of this.

[@michaelcoffey1991]

@MovieJoob you are to young to know this but AIDS patients were at first just tossed in a wing, everyone wore Hazmat suits and were left to die in the thousands...... 3 things helped move the needle. Ronald Regan found out his friend Rock Hudson got aids, Magic Johnson got aids, and this movie. The director died before his time or he would be up there with Hitchcock, Ford, Kubrick and the other goat directors. Movies can change the hearts and minds, and that is how we progress as people. Less hate more compassion.

[@laurakali6522]

She should watch the TV movie The Ryan White Story.

[@timlanteigne298]

That Neil Young song at the end over the memories. Heartbreaking.

[@fence1111]

The real question is “Why is government involved in marriage at all.” Why is someone’s personal life their business at all?

[@MovieJoob]

As long as it’s consenting adults I literally couldn’t care less it’s such a non issue it’s so sad that Australia only made same sex marriage legal in the 2010s I’m so embarrassed 😞

[@dadoleyna]

I'll take a moment to note that only about 8% of American voters agree with BOTH comments below. The other 92% are abject hypocrites. 1) The government has no business mandating choices involving abortion, homosexuality or marriage. 2) The same government has no business mandating behaviors involving medical choices including vaccination.

[@alundavies1016]

I agree that people should be allowed to love who they want to love. Marriage is a legal move though, and if it involves law, then it needs legislation, and if it needs legislation then it needs politicians.

[@christopherking4932]

Agreed

[@user-ed5ng6lr1f]

1993 - Philadelphia Nominated and Won Best Actor Oscar 1994 - Forrest Gump Nominated and Won Best Actor Oscar 1995 - Apollo 13 Nominated Best Actor Oscar A pretty good trio for a very good actor. Thanks for the reaction and why did you think you wouldn't weep!

[@axr7149]

He was NOT nominated for Apollo 13 (although the film did get a Best Picture nomination). Only Ed Harris and Kathleen Quinlan were nominated among the cast.

[@MovieJoob]

Dang Tom was on a roll!!

[@MovieJoob]

And I’m not sure I just thought I might get through without crying but nope hahahaha 😢

[@dagfizz7804]

One of my favorite movies. Just to clear up one thing, though, there isn't a vaccine for HIV yet.

[@MovieJoob]

My apologies I must be thinking of a different Hepatitis vaccine!

[@davidburke2132]

Indeed. There are highly effective treatments that suppress the viral load (typically to the point where even transmission is effectively impossible) and prevent progression to AIDS itself and keep people healthy for very long, pretty much indefinite, periods of time, but there’s no vaccine to prevent infection and no cure as yet. And of course those effective drugs are expensive and often not available to many, especially in poorer parts of the world.

[@0saintclark0]

There is treatment for it that makes it not only undetectable but stops it from transmitting from one person to another as well, that may be what she was thinking of.

[@scipioafricanus5871]

@@0saintclark0 anti-viral drugs combination treatment?

[@davidmichaelson1092]

I lived with the president of an orchestra in Los Angeles during the height of AIDS. AIDS hit the music industry hard. There were members of the orchestra who were healthy one week, sick the next week, then dead the third week. DEVESTATING. Now it is a survivable disease thanks to medical research. I have a good friend who ignored the symptoms until the disease hit his brain and his lover had to commit him to Bellevue hospital. In the early days he would have died in that hospital. Now he was saved and is back to being healthy, as long as he takes his meds. I almost took a job working on how HIV invades the vaginal mucosa. I decided to take a different job instead. But I ALMOST did AIDS research. Instead did cancer research. It took FOREVER for people to start understanding that AIDS was not easily communicable and was not some sort of punishment for evil. It is just another disease we have to deal with medically. But at the time it caused horror in people (wrongly). To be somewhat fair, it took everyone by surprise. I knew one of the first physicians at UCLA who realized something new was happening. The doctors had no clue what was happening. So people panicked. With COVID we figured it out fast (thanks to advances in science!!). But imagine if COVID hit and it took almost a decade to work out the details of what was happening and how to deal with it.

[@rickcrane9883]

Well Joob, when I saw this on your channel, I was thrilled. You are the most emotionally open and empathetic reactor. But you don’t let your emotions cloud your objectivity as you tackle subjects like War and AIDS. Oh, and stay warm. Here in Texas it’s already reaching into the 90s.

[@MovieJoob]

That is so kind thank you so much!! 🥹

[@MovieJoob]

And oh wow stay cool over there!!

[@Viraxii]

oh I had forgotten it was from this I had the lawyer joke. I think it was Toms first movie that wasnt a comedy but it certainly proved he could play serious parts too.

[@chetcarman3530]

In the 80s my wife & I lost 3 friends to HIV/AIDS & maybe more we'd lost touch with. Nobody had any idea what it was & how it worked for such a long time.

[@MovieJoob]

That is so awful I’m so sorry to you and your wife for having seen friends go in such a tough way!!

[@MovieJoob]

It was so scary especially when less was known about it and how to deal with it/ prevent it 💔

[@user-uv7ys9qe5d]

Hello Jade, I have some comedy suggestions, Little Miss Sunshine, Crazy, stupid love, As good as it gets

[@christhornycroft3686]

As Good As It Gets is phenomenal.

[@MovieJoob]

Thank you so much for the suggestions!! I have seen Little Miss Sunshine and Crazy Stupid Love before and loved them both especially Crazy Stupid Love that’s an absolute fave of mine!!

[@MovieJoob]

But I don’t think I’ve seen As good as it gets so thank you for the suggestion!!

[@user-uv7ys9qe5d]

Well, it's on the shortlist now😁

[@raybernal6829]

As always Jade love your reaction... Your comments and dialogue throughout are awesome. You are very insightful ❤❤

[@MovieJoob]

Aww thank you so incredibly much ❤❤

[@MovieJoob]

That means the world to me 🥹

[@TheRepublican777]

And can we just say look how young Antonio Banderas is

[@Vlasko60]

“The easiest and shortest path to ignorance and bigotry is religion”.

[@stevewoods76]

I expect a lot of tears for this one

[@MovieJoob]

I was trying so hard not to and to stay strong but it still got me crying tin the end!!

[@johnb7627]

3 of my favourite Tom hanks films this one saving private Ryan and the green mile ❤️

[@MovieJoob]

All such brilliant films!! I’m so glad I have seen all of those!!

[@MovieJoob]

Tom is incredibly talented!

[@stevenmartin3848]

A powerful movie I hadn't seen in a long time Thank you for sharing with us, Jade...

[@MovieJoob]

Thank you for re watching it alongside me!!

[@MovieJoob]

I enjoyed it a lot!!

[@eldi4blo66]

Back in the day not much was known about aids and when Freddy Mercury died from aids I realized anyone can get it. This movie came out 2 years after his death

[@MovieJoob]

R.I.P. to Freddie Mercury! One of the greats. ❤

[@smigoltime]

Great movie. Streets of Philadelphia by Bruce Springsteen goes so well with it

[@MovieJoob]

I’m ashamed to say I’d never heard this song before this film. It’s beautiful!!

[@MSR_666]

Great movie!

[@MovieJoob]

It was brilliant I’m glad I watched it!!

[@TheRepublican777]

Dang I remember seeing this movie a long time ago when it first came out, well first came out on TV anyways

[@xYSarenArteriusxY]

Don't forget that Denzel Washington's character most likely lived through the Civil Rights era. Lawyers in America need a university degree+ go to law school (another three years), so he should be around his late 20s to early 30s here. His parents lived through segregation while he would have lived through the chaos of desegregation. Seeing the librarian try to kick Andy out reminded him of how segregation was; that's why he approached him in the library: he saw Andy going through the same discrimination that he and his family most likely went through his own life. A good movie that came out this same year was In the Name of the Father; a lot of people think Daniel Day Lewis was robbed of the best actor Oscar this year when Tom Hanks won it for Philadelphia.

[@MovieJoob]

Yes it would have been a particularly jarring moment for his character seeing discrimination of a different kind but that paralleled his own experience/family history experience!

[@MovieJoob]

I think it was part of Joe’s power and ability to push past his homophobia and care enough to be on the right side of history!!

[@MovieJoob]

And thank you so much for the recommendation!!

[@axr7149]

The irony is that PHILADELPHIA was originally offered to Daniel Day-Lewis who turned it down to appear in IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER. In any event, this was a rare year when any of them would've been deserving. Don't forget Liam Neeson was nominated for SCHINDLER'S LIST as well. My personal pick would've been Anthony Hopkins for THE REMAINS OF THE DAY, which is a masterclass in understated acting.

[@TriarchVisgroup]

This is a tough movie, but it was an issue that took a long time to come to terms with at the time. People forget how much fear there was around AIDs, and the fact it took so long for us to figure out the causes and the precise means of transmission. The bigotry and stigma associated with it was, to an extent, understandable. People can be moved to fear what very easily when they don't understand. Jade, i'm sure you have plenty of suggestions on your Patreon(Which I'm strongly considering joining). I did want to throw out a movie suggestion. The Devil's Advocate. I think you would enjoy its many layers.

[@johnpittsii7524]

Hi Jade hope you are having an great and awesome day ❤

[@MovieJoob]

Same to you as always John ❤

[@MovieJoob]

Thank you so much!

[@richardedenfield5167]

Here is a piece of info that no one knows about this film: the name Beckett is the screenwriters agents name. That's why he used the name. I know this because man I worked for was married to her. She was a very famous agent.

[@Falloutchannel101]

You should watch The Grey 2011 with liam nesson i think its underrated

[@rudygarcia0303]

You should watch “Man On Fire”

[@MovieJoob]

Thank you for the suggestion!!

[@maybee0076]

OK haven't seen your reaction yet but I've noticed every Friday. It's a movie that will make ya cry

[@MovieJoob]

Hahaha it’s not meant to just be movies that will make me cry just highly recommended films from peeps in the comments 😊

[@MovieJoob]

But I do love a good cry. My tear ducts are always at the ready!! 😅

[@maybee0076]

@@MovieJoob could I suggest the iron giant one of my top movies

[@maybee0076]

@MovieJoob lol it's good tbh I cry with you 😭

[@Ladco77]

Tom Hank won the Oscar for best actor for this role, beating Liam Neeson in Schindler's List. Hank's acceptance speech was remarkable. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnLMlJ2XnN6ahrMsi=w8LXCnzoBw-2y1-x

[@stumagoo2342]

Great reaction. Another great film is 'Pride' 2014. it's a British film set in the 80's with similar topic. It's not as big a movie as this one so if you did a reaction to it you maynot get as many views but it's a great film I think you'd like. One of my favourite films (great soundtrack too)

[@MovieJoob]

I hadn’t heard of it so thank you for the suggestion!!

[@MovieJoob]

Also I love your gorilla profile pic!! 🦍

[@stumagoo2342]

If you do decide to do a movie reaction to it, I'd donate £50 to a charity of your choice.@@MovieJoob

[@otisroseboro5613]

Great Movie, Great Cast, Great Performances By Everyone In This Movie, Great Reaction Sweetheart

[@MovieJoob]

Thank you so very much!!

[@MovieJoob]

Incredible talent went into the creation of this film!!

[@otisroseboro5613]

@@MovieJoob You're welcome 🤗

[@otisroseboro5613]

@@MovieJoob Yes I Agree 👍💯

[@TheFioda]

this movie, at the time, caused a lot of stirr

[@MovieJoob]

I can only imagine!! It would’ve been very taboo and controversial!

[@MovieJoob]

It makes it more impressive that it came out when it did!!

[@zmani4379]

Great reaction - interesting you're seeing this right after Lincoln, since that writer Tony Kushner wrote maybe the ultimate work on AIDS as the zeitgeist, Angels in America - Jonathan Demme did this film as a response to ppl who said his Silence of the Lambs was homophobic - lots of Easter Egg casting from NYC fringe theatre scene - Ron Vawter, Karen Finley, Anna Deveare Smith - plus Demme's own uncle, Bob Castle, a politically radical Reverend - also see Demme's Beloved and Manchurian Candidate in this mode, also his Rachel Getting Married, Something Wild, Married to the Mob, Melvin and Howard, Ibsen's Master Builder, Ricki and the Flash (one of Meryl Streep's greatest roles, along w Manchurian) - Demme was known for drawing intimate power from his actors; I think his approach of having them look at the camera is from Japanese legend Ozu - Philadelphia was a major work of the New Queer Cinema of the Indie 90s - other key works include My Own Private Idaho, Swoon, The Living End, Go Fish, Velvet Goldmine, Silver Lake Life, a shattering doc about an AIDS patient's last days - one visionary filmmaker in the UK was Derek Jarman, who did a queer adap of Marlowe's Edward II, the apocalyptic Last of England, and the film Blue, after he'd already gone blind from AIDS - the screen is just the color blue, all he could see, and we're immersed in a poetic soundscape - Kushner's Angels in America received a strong film adap from Mike Nichols, also see his magnificent West Side Story w Spielberg, maybe the best of the decade, and another visionary commentary on the meaning of America

[@MovieJoob]

Oh woah this is so fascinating! Thank you for all the information and interesting facts!! 😮

[@TheEskimoo]

hey ^^ can i recommend a movie from NZ call Once Were Warriors (1994) its hard to watch at times but its a great movie, and it won a fev oscars hope you watch it.

[@MovieJoob]

I hadn’t heard of it before so thank you for the suggestion!!

[@MovieJoob]

Shoutout to NZ it’s such a stunning country with stunning humans 🫶

[@TheEskimoo]

@@MovieJoob and there is a reunion with alot of the actors made 20 years later that you can watch on youtube ^^

[@christopherking4932]

Awesome reaction/ can you please watch a movie called ANY GIVEN SUNDAY.

[@baronvg]

Joob, I don’t mean to scare you but I hear that people who’ve had chickenpox may develop Shingles later in life. I hope I’m wrong about that. Maybe a doctor can clarify.

[@MovieJoob]

I’ve heard that too and I live in so much fear of that to be honest 🥲 thankfully my mum is a Dr though so I’m in good hands

[@Elixear]

33:27 C'était horrible quand ça a commencé. Les uns mourraient comme des pestiférés parfois, alors que les autres étaient terrifiés à l'idée de l'attraper. Ca a profondément modifié nos rapports sociaux partout sur la planète en un temps record.

[@MovieJoob]

Absolutely heart breaking!! And a scary disease all round 💔

[@drb6771]

💖💖🤗🤗👏👏👋👋🙌🙌

[@MovieJoob]

❤️🙌🫶😊

[@BadassRaiden]

The work of Ernest Becker as well as further research that has been an extension of his work has come to one, basic conclusion; humans, which are animals and like all animals will someday die - do not like to be reminded that they are animals and like all animals, will someday die. This is what Becker called Death Anxiety, and everything that humans engage in, that which we define as Culture, was invented to keep death anxiety at bay. The mere existence of people who are different, no matter the degree to which they are different, represents a difference of culture. This representation of a difference of culture, is a constant facilitator of death anxiety. The reason for this, is because culture was invented, as previously stated, to keep death anxiety at bay. This means that the contents of culture exist to A - answer questions that pertain to death anxiety, like religions and beliefs that tell us there is an afterlife, or philosophies that tell us how we can live so as to not be fearful of death at the end, and B - to distract us in our everyday lives of the constant reminders by giving us other things to pay attention to, ie hobbies, rituals, cultural tasks that need doing, etc. The existence of a different culture works, in our brains, to undermine the efficacy at which our own culture both answers questions related to death anxiety and the efficacy at which it helps distract us, ie the efficacy at which our culture helps us ignore the fact that we are animals and like all animals will someday die. The existence of other cultures raises the possibility that our culture, the answers it provides us to soothe death anxiety are wrong, and in doing so reminds us again that we are animals and that we will someday die. This, at the fundamental level, is ultimately why we humans have such a hard time historically and contemporarily, at getting along with people who are different from us. Some of us humans have evolved passed this. Most - have not.

[@Elixear]

9:22 Le HIV affaiblit les défenses immunitaires du corps. Une fois l'infection commencée, toutes sortes de maladies, plus ou moins habituelles, arrivent alors. Les lésions présentées dans le film constitue le "Sarcome de Kaposi", qui était, au tout début de la pandémie, un syndrome très répandu parmi les premiers malades et souvent au stade terminal de l'infection.

[@MovieJoob]

That is so interesting thank you for the information!! 😮

[@travisbickle1552]

I think the scene where Denzel gets mad at the law student in the store, was semi-appropriate. What kind of person hits on a potential employer? Would it be different if the law student was a female and tried to hit on Denzel? It’s just inappropriate business behavior in both cases. The man gave you his card.

[@MovieJoob]

I agree! But even if he hadn't given him the card he had already expressed he was married so it's just extremely rude and like you said it would be rude if it were a woman too!!

[@joeconcepts5552]

Maybe but the reason he was upset was because the guy thought he was gay. If it was an attractive young woman he probably would have turned her down, but he would’ve been flattered instead of offended.

[@zmarko]

Such moving performances, and a moving, sad film. And Neil Young's song "Philadelphia" at the end is such an incredible song.

[@MovieJoob]

Such a great film and incredible actors indeed!!

[@MovieJoob]

The song over the videos really tore my heart up!!

[@christhornycroft3686]

Phenomenal movie. In my view, Tom Hanks’ best performance. Watching this as a straight kid, even with an ultra conservative, abusive father, I didn’t understand why it was the government or society’s business who you love. As long as you’re consenting adults, you don’t need my approval or permission to enter into any kind of legal contract, whether it be marriage or anything else. The older I get, the less I believe in legal marriage. I’ve seen it destroy too many relationships. And again, it’s none of my business who people love. On the flip side, I hate the term “partner” because for years it was exclusionary. Straight couples are “married,” gay couples are “partners.” Now everyone’s a “partner.” It’s a bit impersonal and harkens back to a time when some people couldn’t get married. This was a daring movie in 1993 and I was banned from watching it because my dad feared it would “coerce” me to be gay. I don’t care how many times I sit with people who are eating sea urchin roe. No thank you. Not for me. You either like it or you don’t. You can’t “turn” someone. But if someone else is gay or eats sea urchin in front of me, I’m not going to have to excuse myself. I’m an adult. I’ve been to several parties where I’m the only straight guy. Those were fun. At no point did my uncle bring out the gay porn. We just had Boursin and wine. 😂

[@MovieJoob]

This is sooo true!! Both the who cares as long as they’re consenting adults and sea urchin tastes horrible but people who like it are allowed to like it hahahaha!! 😂

[@MovieJoob]

I’m a hopeless romantic so I like marriage but it doesn’t have to be for everyone either!!

[@EowynsResolve]

I love this film... this film is partly responsible for my change of mind where the LGB community was concerned back in the day. I'd say between this film, Matthew Shepherd's lynching, and my best friends two Moms challenged my then evangelical belief system that I was raised with. I began to see gays as people and I could no longer justify the beliefs that were thrust on me throughout my youth. Just one of those coming of age realizations that upturn your thinking.

[@MovieJoob]

Well to be able to confront that and grow from it is utterly badass and thus you are awesome!!

[@fidel2xl]

Too. many people who watch this movie today constantly criticize how characters in this 1992 movie were afraid of HIV/AIDS and look down on them for being very apprehensive to be too close to those with the afflictions....yet, the very same critics today are the very same people who were deathly afraid of a so-called "pandemic" a couple years ago...gladly social distanced...many refusing to walk on the same side of the street as someone who wasn't wearing a mask...followed silly arrows on grocery aisles...supported the closing of small businesses en masse...supported mass layoffs of those who refused to be vaxxed....supported the closing down of borders...used purell and other hand sanitizers on EVERYTHING...immediately sanitized, washed their hands, and took long showers if someone merely breathed on them...and had absolutely no problem chastising and supporting the removal of rights of those of us who refused the vax. The vast majority of people today have absolutely no moral superiority to speak down to or chastise anyone from 30-40 years ago who merely showed a small fraction of that attitude that most of you showed people right here in the very recent past. And here's the irony...even without a cure and without a vax, people STILL opened their arms to HIV and AIDS sufferers in the early 1990s. Former NBA player Magic Johnson is a case in point, whereby in 1992 he was chosen to be an NBA All-Star out of retirement to play in the 1992 All-Star game. And in that same year, he played on the USA 'Dream Team' in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. But here in the 2020s, athletes who were unvaxxed were denied entry to take part in tournaments. People were more evolved and open 30-40 years ago. We have de-evolved since then.

[@johnchrysostomon6284]

His reckless lifestyle choices endangered the man he loved

[@MovieJoob]

If he did indeed cheat then yes he endangered the man he loved😢 cheating is so morally wrong but it also puts the person you cheat on in danger which is so unfair! 💔

[@deadfan1964]

Remember how Australia treated people who didn't want the covid vaxx? Interesting ...

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks, Jade! 🩸 I saw this in the cinema back in the day... and cried and cried. I'm grateful so much has improved since 1993... but we must keep pressing for more progress with LGBTQ2IA+ acceptance as well as medical advancements. 🪷

[@MovieJoob]

So heartbreaking! We can always progress and be more kind. I’m still so embarrassed as to how recently Australia legalised same sex marriage. So shameful. 💔

[@auntvesuvi3872]

@@MovieJoob Let's hope the entire world catches up. 💗