In this truly poignant article in the Guardian, Russell T Davies takes us through the trajectory of his career, pierced by the effects of the Aids Crisis. We see the surrounding turmoil bleed into his writing, but not until now has the epidemic taken centre stage in his work. He channels this pain, secrecy, grief and guilt into new series It's A Sin.
"I looked away. Oh, I went on marches and gave a bit of money and said how sad it was, but really, I couldn’t quite look at it. This impossible thing."
Davies talks about the process he had to go through to be able to stop "looking away" and face his experiences head on; the people he lost, the names he still cannot implicate, funerals he couldn't attend. The series itself is inspired by the tragic story of an old friend who contracted Aids and was exposed to his family in hospital as gay, and dying. "I hope we’ve done him justice. That beautiful boy.", Davies says. It's A Sin airs on Channel 4 later this month. |
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