The Normal Heart was such a tremendous, though very sad movie. Mark Ruffallo and Matt Bomer's performance was fantastic, especially Matt death scene...I've watched it a few times, because the acting is so good. It's nice to see that men can love that much and show it!
Thank you for this. What you told your son. You are an amazing father. I personally buried so many of my friends, loved ones. I stopped counting after 64 funerals. It was all too much. I was in my 20's and in the Air Force at the time, and my boyfriend at the time was in the Marines. We were so afraid of the disease. Being gay was hard enough at that time. People really hated us. They genuinely wanted us to die. Ironically, Chris, my boyfriend, didn't die of the disease as we all thought in the gay community that we were all going to catch it at one time or another. No, he was killed in the helicopter accident in an excersize. Training to defend these very people who wanted us dead. I couldn't even grieve for him for fear of being found out and drummed out of the military. But his death changed me. I didn't re-enlist. I got out, and I started work at medical research departments at UNC. I got active with ACT-UP. I had to be part of saving ourselves. Here, at 60 years old, I sit with tears running down my face as I write about this. And I think, why me? Why am I one of the survivors? So many who died were better people than me. And I realized their deaths got me out of fear. Off my ass to do something about it. So that one day, a good man and loving father like you could tell his gay son about us. I salute you.
I'm 56 years old, I never served in the military. But I but I like Jim parson in this scene, buried 30 of my close friends in the late 80s to early 90s. My suit stayed cleaned for the next funeral. I fought that war. I was spit in the face by women holding bibles at matches. I fought that war. Very familiar with it.
Beautiful and sad altogether. “I have this tradition. It’s something I do now when a friend dies. I save his Rolodex card. What am I supposed to do? Throw it away in the trash can? I won’t do that. No, I won’t. It’s too final. Last year I had five cards. Now I have fifty. A collection of cardboard tombstones bound together with a rubber band… I hate these f*cking funerals, I really do. And you know what else I hate? I hate memorials. That’s our social life now, going to these things. Nick was a choreographer; not many of you knew that. He was just starting out, he didn’t tell a lot of people. He was waiting to invite you to his big debut at Carnegie Hall or some sh*t so we could all be proud of him… But he was so good… He had such a promise. We’re losing an entire generation. Young men, at the beginning, just gone. Choreographers, playwrights, dancers, actors. All those plays that won’t get written now. All those dances, never to be danced. In closing, I’m just gonna say I’m mad. I’m f*cking mad. I keep screaming inside, ‘Why are they letting us die? Why is no one helping us?’ And here’s the truth. Here's the answer: They just don’t like us.” - Jim Parsons is a great actor. I love him so much.
Im 40....after watching this I told my mom to watch it. She was a nurse at University of Michigan (Ann arbor is a big gay/lesbian city). She was saying they undersold how bad it was.....in the hospitals, they were quarantined, you COULDN'T go in their rooms. They wore those biohazard suits.
Taking a more dramatic turn, Jim Parsons reprised his stage role as Tommy Boatwright in the television film The Normal Heart. Set during the early days of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City, the film received critical acclaim for its powerful storytelling and stellar performances, with Parsons' heartbreaking portrayal of a Southern gay activist standing out. The film has a rating of 94% on Rotten Tomatoes and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie
0:26 is this monologue, in the actual play or it was added for the movie script? I downloaded the play pdf and can't find this part that is in this movie.
as a christian I hate it that gay people feel that christians dont love them or like them I know a ton of gay people and I like them I dont love their homosexual lifestyle and what it does to their soul but I also doubt like my own sins either
Even your comment is full of unawareness and what christians in general have done to lgbtq plus you making a comment about their lifestyle is also stupid, who cares if you like it or not???? You hate it that gays think christians don't love gays yet you make comments like this and still wonder why gays would think that huh?
If you need proof of Jim Parsons' dramatic talent, here it is. There are no adequate superlatives to describe it.
i cant take it serius its fucking sheldon
The Normal Heart was such a tremendous, though very sad movie. Mark Ruffallo and Matt Bomer's performance was fantastic, especially Matt death scene...I've watched it a few times, because the acting is so good. It's nice to see that men can love that much and show it!
Absolutely amazing film! So sad Albert's death too,
My son is 20 years old. He is gay. I told him. If you see a gay man 50+ , that is a veteran.he/she is a veteran of war. Plain and simple.
❤
You're a great father.
Thank you for this. What you told your son. You are an amazing father.
I personally buried so many of my friends, loved ones. I stopped counting after 64 funerals. It was all too much.
I was in my 20's and in the Air Force at the time, and my boyfriend at the time was in the Marines. We were so afraid of the disease. Being gay was hard enough at that time. People really hated us. They genuinely wanted us to die. Ironically, Chris, my boyfriend, didn't die of the disease as we all thought in the gay community that we were all going to catch it at one time or another. No, he was killed in the helicopter accident in an excersize. Training to defend these very people who wanted us dead. I couldn't even grieve for him for fear of being found out and drummed out of the military.
But his death changed me. I didn't re-enlist. I got out, and I started work at medical research departments at UNC. I got active with ACT-UP. I had to be part of saving ourselves.
Here, at 60 years old, I sit with tears running down my face as I write about this. And I think, why me? Why am I one of the survivors? So many who died were better people than me. And I realized their deaths got me out of fear. Off my ass to do something about it. So that one day, a good man and loving father like you could tell his gay son about us. I salute you.
Absolutely true I’m 26 bi, and I wholeheartedly agree with this
I'm 56 years old, I never served in the military. But I but I like Jim parson in this scene, buried 30 of my close friends in the late 80s to early 90s. My suit stayed cleaned for the next funeral. I fought that war. I was spit in the face by women holding bibles at matches. I fought that war. Very familiar with it.
Beautiful and sad altogether.
“I have this tradition. It’s something I do now when a friend dies. I save his Rolodex card. What am I supposed to do? Throw it away in the trash can? I won’t do that. No, I won’t. It’s too final. Last year I had five cards. Now I have fifty. A collection of cardboard tombstones bound together with a rubber band… I hate these f*cking funerals, I really do. And you know what else I hate? I hate memorials. That’s our social life now, going to these things. Nick was a choreographer; not many of you knew that. He was just starting out, he didn’t tell a lot of people. He was waiting to invite you to his big debut at Carnegie Hall or some sh*t so we could all be proud of him… But he was so good… He had such a promise. We’re losing an entire generation. Young men, at the beginning, just gone. Choreographers, playwrights, dancers, actors. All those plays that won’t get written now. All those dances, never to be danced. In closing, I’m just gonna say I’m mad. I’m f*cking mad. I keep screaming inside, ‘Why are they letting us die? Why is no one helping us?’ And here’s the truth. Here's the answer: They just don’t like us.” - Jim Parsons is a great actor. I love him so much.
This is where I lost it.
Im 40....after watching this I told my mom to watch it. She was a nurse at University of Michigan (Ann arbor is a big gay/lesbian city). She was saying they undersold how bad it was.....in the hospitals, they were quarantined, you COULDN'T go in their rooms. They wore those biohazard suits.
They show that earlier in the movie.
2:35 this where I feel pity to Jim Parsons character despite I watch him in TBBT :(
Yeah. Me too
A story worth to be remembered
This monologue is one of my favorite monologue’s ever that inspired me to get back into acting. Jim Parsons knocked this role out of the fucking park.
*This is one of many scenes that break me, these periods of history must never be forgotten!*
Not a fan of Big Bang Theory, but I love Jim Parsons in every other role he plays.
So many lost
Jim Parsons should have won the Emmy for this!
Didn't he win a Tony for this? He played the Broadway version of this as well and I think he won or at least was nominated for a Tony
@@KELLSONIC No it was John Benjamin Hickey who won.
This shit really fucked me up
Perfect, heartbreaking scene. But instead of dying quietly, gay people Acted Up. A lesson worth remembering now: silence still equals death.
Taking a more dramatic turn, Jim Parsons reprised his stage role as Tommy Boatwright in the television film The Normal Heart. Set during the early days of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City, the film received critical acclaim for its powerful storytelling and stellar performances, with Parsons' heartbreaking portrayal of a Southern gay activist standing out.
The film has a rating of 94% on Rotten Tomatoes and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie
Nothing is more heartbreaking than this film
0:26 is this monologue, in the actual play or it was added for the movie script? I downloaded the play pdf and can't find this part that is in this movie.
It was added for the movie.
no,I like you
Is this scene in the play? I’ve been trying to find the monologue.
It isn't.
I'm sorry, I can't help but see Sheldon...
I subscribed
Bazinga
as a christian I hate it that gay people feel that christians dont love them or like them I know a ton of gay people and I like them I dont love their homosexual lifestyle and what it does to their soul but I also doubt like my own sins either
if you dont like their "homosexual lifestyle" you dont like them because that is who they are...
@@RedMoonCreates and dont tell me who I like and dont like u dont know me
@@katieblake8911 and don't be homophobic and pretend you're not
@@RedMoonCreates ok why dont u just shut up no one wants to hear your mouth
Even your comment is full of unawareness and what christians in general have done to lgbtq plus you making a comment about their lifestyle is also stupid, who cares if you like it or not???? You hate it that gays think christians don't love gays yet you make comments like this and still wonder why gays would think that huh?