A laudable undertaking. I appreciated that several notable actors took part, some like David Hyde Pierce and Rob Reiner who took on roles portraying characters with views obviously contrary to their own were amusing in their absurdity.
I did feel at times it was spread a little thin with several loosely connected stories transpiring simultaneously. And so many exchanges between characters involved lectures or philosophical statements being hurled at one another (and us) rather than allowing events to make the arguments being espoused. Having a casual first encounter in a gay bar immediately result in a lengthy lecture on Stonewall, as one of many examples, seemed overly awkward and staged. Definitely, if historically accurate, the production underscored how divided and divisive the various support groups and their leaders were. It seemed often that the more formidable obstacles to progress came from within rather than from outside the movement.
Certainly there are documentaries or docudramas that better portray some of the individual seminal events in LGBTQIA history, but this attempt to connect it all was worthwhile. Whether or not it would hold the interest of viewers unfamiliar with this aspect of American history, and those most in need of being exposed to it, is another matter.
I did feel at times it was spread a little thin with several loosely connected stories transpiring simultaneously. And so many exchanges between characters involved lectures or philosophical statements being hurled at one another (and us) rather than allowing events to make the arguments being espoused. Having a casual first encounter in a gay bar immediately result in a lengthy lecture on Stonewall, as one of many examples, seemed overly awkward and staged. Definitely, if historically accurate, the production underscored how divided and divisive the various support groups and their leaders were. It seemed often that the more formidable obstacles to progress came from within rather than from outside the movement.
Certainly there are documentaries or docudramas that better portray some of the individual seminal events in LGBTQIA history, but this attempt to connect it all was worthwhile. Whether or not it would hold the interest of viewers unfamiliar with this aspect of American history, and those most in need of being exposed to it, is another matter.