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Line 2: 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. ---- {{tropelist}} ~~=== Tropes ===~~ * [[Adam Westing]] - Alan Alda as a jerk doctor. * [[All Gays Are Promiscuous]] - The airline steward. Almost borders on [[Depraved Homosexual]]. Line 25: * [[The Plague]] - AIDS * [[Precision F-Strike]] - Selma Dritz: {{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~~Invisible ~~Gay~~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