Word: humanization
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...process of making Watson larger than life somewhat undermines the larger, tougher themes of the book. Elsewhere the author's moral anguish is inescapable, and he can write like an avenging angel. His human sympathies range widely, from blacks who count neither as men nor animals, to Choctaws who are just slightly higher on the scale of outcasts, to Watson's pretty daughter, who at 13 is virtually sold into marriage and three years later still plays skip rope in the streets of Fort Myers...
Lucas and Rene focus on the human side of AIDS: the inability of good friends to know how to react properly to the illness, the changes in everyday life caused by fear and management of the virus and, of course, the virus' enormous impact on personal relationships and social behavior. The talented group of male actors convey their own special reactions to AIDS, and they create a mood of comaraderie and intimacy that is touching but not overly sentimental...
Especially popular among these humor connoisseurs were references to the human genitalia, and their potential for intermingling...
Naturally, it's no easy task for a ghost to pretend to be a living, breathing human being. And to pass a life-insurance physical? This is one resourceful dead...
...only is the theme familiar, but it reveals a fundamental quality of the human spirit--that of devotion...