T D 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Center Theatre Group, Tony Kushner, Rock Hudson
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Having to blend into society, and do their part to seem normal and suppress how they felt in order to be someone in the world. I did not understand when louis went off on a rant about democracy and racism. May 1991, eureka theater company in san francisco. Started writing angels in 1987 (cid:862)i write i(cid:374) the here a(cid:374)d (cid:374)ow(cid:863) Identified himself as a jewish, middle class, gay man. First case of aids was documented in 1981. Little to no understanding why: a connection between gay people and aids, gay people were blamed for their immoral choice, by 1987 there was 31000 cases (out of 36000 cases worldwide) in the us, located mostly on the. East and west coasts, where most gay communities were. Caught in a moment of national consciousness for the hiv/aids epidemic: 1985 rock hudson. Social action: the gay community gathered to address the problem.
