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re: "the battle of heart and mind"

Posted by:	perfectlyfrank 03:37 pm EDT 04/03/14
In reply to:	re: "the battle of heart and mind" - Chazwaza 02:22 pm EDT 04/03/14

The moment where the son turns to Albin and sings the reprise of "Look Over There". Gets me every time. The realization of what a parent has sacrificed for the benefit of a child is pretty powerful stuff. Also, a gay man coming out and having nothing but negative images all around him witnessing two men singing an honest to goodness love song to each other is also pretty emotional. A love song like "Song on the Sand" was the stuff of fantasy back in 1983. Now we actually have gay marriage. The final images of two men in a longtime relationship walking into the sunset was pretty powerful stuff for a gay boy coming out. I imagine young gay men have far more things to look up to these days but back in the early 80s, this was simply not the case. I'm not saying that LA CAGE is a weep fest. It's not. It's a comedy. But the themes of unconditional love between parents and children and between two loving partners are universal themes that have been written about for centuries.

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