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A film set in the 1980s about a group of epidemiologists investigating the spread of AIDS. It explores the multitude of topics that the spread of AIDS brought to the fore: most notably, the gay community and homophobia. It is something of a Tear Jerker. Based on a book of the same name written by Randy Shilts, a reporter for the San Fransisco Chronicle.

Tropes used in And the Band Played On include:

Adam Westing - Alan Alda as a jerk doctor.
All Gays Are Promiscuous - The airline steward. Almost borders on Depraved Homosexual.
Arc Words - "What do we know, What do we suspect, What can we prove?"
- "Gay Cancer"
Armor-Piercing Question - "How many dead hemophiliacs do you need?"
Brainy Brunette - Both Selma Dritz and Mary Guinan
But You Screw One Goat! - AIDS was first transmitted to humans from apes.
- Actually, the common belief is that the cross-species transmission occurred when a bushmeat hunter or vendor cut himself and blood-to-blood contact happened that way.
The Chick - Mary Guinan
Club Kid - Or more accurately, bathhouse kid
Eureka Moment - Francis gets a new idea about how the disease works... by watching a game of Pac-Man.
Even the Guys Want Him - The steward, naturally
Fag Hag - Selma Dritz
Film of the Book - Non-fiction book by San Francisco Chronicle journalist Randy Shilts.
Ho Yay
Ignored Expert - All of the scientists
Jerkass - Bob Gallo.
The Medic - All of the scientists, as well
Obstructive Bureaucrat - Homophobic as well
Only in It For the Money - The bathhouse owner
The Plague - AIDS
Precision F-Strike - Selma Dritz:

Let's cut the crap.

Really Gets Around - The steward
Science Is Bad - Inverted. The scientists are portrayed the most sympathetically of anyone
Shirtless Scene - The steward
Smoking Is Cool - Also the steward
Invisible to Gaydar
Truth in Television - A tragic Real Life example. From the CDC being underfunded to the bitter rivalry between Dr. Gallo and the Pasteur Institute. The whole thing is just Harsher in Hindsight - The Movie.
Yaoi Fangirl - Selma Dritz

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 A film set in the 1980s about a group of epidemiologists investigating the spread of AIDS. It explores the multitude of topics that the spread of AIDS brought to the fore: most notably, the gay community and homophobia. It is something of a [[Tear Jerker]]. Based on a book of the same name written by Randy Shilts, a reporter for the San Fransisco Chronicle.
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+{{tropelist}}
-=== Tropes ===
 * [[Adam Westing]] - Alan Alda as a jerk doctor.
 * [[All Gays Are Promiscuous]] - The airline steward. Almost borders on [[Depraved Homosexual]].
 * [[Arc Words]] - "What do we know, What do we suspect, What can we prove?"
 ** "Gay Cancer"
-* [[Armor Piercing Question]] - "How many dead hemophiliacs do you need?"
+* [[Armor-Piercing Question]] - "How many dead hemophiliacs do you need?"
 * [[Brainy Brunette]] - Both Selma Dritz and Mary Guinan
-* [[But You Screw One Goat]] - AIDS was first transmitted to humans from apes.
+* [[But You Screw One Goat!]] - AIDS was first transmitted to humans from apes.
 ** Actually, the common belief is that the cross-species transmission occurred when a bushmeat hunter or vendor cut himself and blood-to-blood contact happened that way.
 * [[The Chick]] - Mary Guinan
 * [[Club Kid]] - Or more accurately, bathhouse kid
-* [[Eureka Moment]] - Francis gets a new idea about how the disease works... by watching a game of [[Pacman]].
+* [[Eureka Moment]] - Francis gets a new idea about how the disease works... by watching a game of [[Pac-Man]].
 * [[Even the Guys Want Him]] - The steward, naturally
 * [[Fag Hag]] - Selma Dritz
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 * [[The Medic]] - All of the scientists, as well
 * [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]] - Homophobic as well
-* [[Only in It For The Money]] - The bathhouse owner
+* [[Only in It For the Money]] - The bathhouse owner
 * [[The Plague]] - AIDS
-* [[Precision F Strike]] - Selma Dritz:
+* [[Precision F-Strike]] - Selma Dritz:
-{{quote| Let's cut the crap.}}
+{{quote|Let's cut the crap.}}
 * [[Really Gets Around]] - The steward
 * [[Science Is Bad]] - Inverted. The scientists are portrayed the most sympathetically of anyone
 * [[Shirtless Scene]] - The steward
 * [[Smoking Is Cool]] - Also the steward
-* [[Straight Gay]]
+* [[Invisible to Gaydar]]
 * [[Truth in Television]] - A tragic [[Real Life]] example. From the CDC being underfunded to the bitter rivalry between Dr. Gallo and the Pasteur Institute. The whole thing is just [[Harsher in Hindsight]] - The Movie.
 * [[Yaoi Fangirl]] - Selma Dritz
 {{reflist}}
 [[Category:Films of the 1990s]]
-[[Category:And The Band Played On]]
+[[Category:And the Band Played On]]
 [[Category:Film]]