Parish Priest, St Mary Magdalene's Anglican Church, AdelaideHH, if you're determined not to see the movie, which I haven't yet seen, please read the book, which I have read. Was John a hapless haemophiliac, or, notwithstanding the vaunted “authenticity” of his love that it seems we’re supposed to applaud, had he had been “making love” to many others on the side? I am a heterosexual Canadian who believes and respects all people for who they are . It's crucially abetted by Friar Lawrence, who acts completely contrary to his own wise counsel ("Wisely and slow.

I will go to see the movie to reinforce the learnings from the book. Would that "Holding The Man" offer such wise, life-saving lessons for all of us.HH: *Juliet says that she will kill herself rather than marry Paris : Lady Capulet questions Juliet regarding her feelings about marriage and then informs Juliet of Paris' proposal. [Please note it is inaccurate to say that they "died from AIDS" Romeo and Juliet, Act 2 Scene 3, Friar Lawrence to Romeo. Well, that involved heterosexual people as well, so health authorities tell everyone to use condoms. See more ideas about The man, Man, 2015 movies. HH: If eros …etc? Armfield is best known as the director of The bulk of the film takes place before and during the 1980s, and builds towards the height of hysteria about AIDS and the associated marginalisation of gay men. Is the movie frank about this? Isn’t it just remotely possible that a “stoically conservative” father might be demonstrating authentic love for his son by confronting him with the reality that his choices and behaviour were bound to lead to the destruction of both his life and those of others? *Juliet says that she will kill herself rather than marry Paris, and the Friar comes up with the plan for her to take the drug which will make her appear dead for 42 hours, so that the wedding will be called off and Romeo can come and take her to Mantua.I am female, not gay and am of the Catholic tradition. In the end, peace is indeed effected by the marriage, but in a tragic way not foreseen by Friar Lawrence, and yet one which he rightly, and to his credit, assumes responsibility for bringing about. But because it is about allowing people to have the freedom to love, and to recognise that love and tragedy will go side by side.

He was an actor and writer, known for Holding the Man (2015). In Jane Austen’s formulation of the problem, they have exchanged good sense for mere sensibility, forsaking the rational virtue of the former for the irrational fervour of the latter. Throughout the film the Church struggles with the rich dynamic of human intimacy and young love.Although Tim Kroenet gives the Jesuits a gold star for being "relatively progressive and inclusive" the shine is tarnished at John's funeral the priest who knows that Tim regards John as his husband dismisses their relationship as mere friendship. They met in the mid-1970s at Xavier College, an all-boys Jesuit Catholic school in Melbourne.

Catholic schoolboy life in the 60s and 70s was cruel and unwelcoming for those of us attracted to our peers. "What is the suggestion here? They stumble that run fast.") Not because it is about confronting homophobia, which it is; nor because it is about promoting marriage equality (which it says nothing about). Timothy was born on 1959 in . My impression is that the play had the same effect on people, and that the movie is likely to take the world by storm. Many people would find both the book and the film confronting. on the mistaken moral ground that the end justifies the means, so that the marriage he thinks in itself imprudent (especially if carried out in haste) might be justified if it bring about peace between the warring families. Just P.C., and dangerously so.I have read the book just a few years ago and I can vividly remember the feelings that it stirred within me. I wasn't around during the '60s, but you may be aware of something referred to as the sexual revelation. “Shakespeare on Love: Seeing the Catholic Presence in ‘Romeo and Juliet’”, 2013, p. 63. I am proud that my old school is now a participating member of the Safe School Coalition. The advice of health authorities the world over for gays to use condoms in sex is predicated on propensity of gays to engage in this kind of lifestyle. Check out our list of the month's most anticipated films and shows to stream from home.Looking for something to watch?

I just watched this movie and am now looking for the book. Please supply a list of films reviewed by E.S. Armfield doesn't quite nail the tone of the piece, at times staggering back and forth between slapstick comedy and soapie solemnity, which contributes to the sense of scrappiness surrounding the film's disjointed time sequences. The book, I would suggest , is already an Australian Classic. Is the movie frank about this? By the late 1970s the Jesuits of Xavier would have been well aware of the change in social mores in society. The very fact that the events are so rapid, as you note, is due to the reckless lust of Romeo for Juliet, and her imprudent accession to his seduction (though she can hardly be blamed for much, given she's not even 14 years old). 'll thy assistant be; For this alliance may so happy prove To turn your households’ rancour to pure love." in which a reviewer, as here, celebrates female homosexual acts as expressions of "authentic love". It only reinforces my point: certain styles of “love making” should be avoided because, inter alia, they are EXTREMELY dangerous, health-wise.

Choose an adventure below and discover your next favorite movie or TV show. AO: as an answer both your questions, I can do no better than quote the brilliant literary critic Joseph Pearce, who cuts through all the modern romantic claptrap about R & J to Shakespeare's real intent: "In capturing each other’s hearts, Romeo and Juliet have enslaved each other’s minds and consciences. Thursday through Friday Timothy Conigrave rose to prime prominence as a Actor.


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