Showtime series from Ron Nyswaner (‘Philadelphia’) is a decades-spanning saga about a closeted gay man, his lover, McCarthyism, and the AIDS crisis.
has six years on him.) In most other ways, though, he would have been perfect. He has the kind of chiseled, leading man features, and the charisma to match, that make him seem like a man from an earlier time. His breakout TV role, 2009’s, even contrived a reason to dress him in Rat Pack-era suits, and he’s appeared in a number of period pieces, most notably Amazon’s short-lived adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s.
The historical piece, though, is much less effective than the character study of Hawkins, and the story of his grand, messy, and at times ugly love affair with Tim. The idea of tracking the evolution of both the relationships and homophobia over this period is interesting in theory. But the Fifties episodes grow repetitive in their depiction of the cruelty and hypocrisy of McCarthy and his henchman Roy Cohn . Bauer is slathered in makeup, particularly a large prosthetic nose shaped like the one belonging to the man he’s playing.
Also feeling unfortunately like boxes are being checked is a subplot about Hawkins’ journalist friend Marcus struggling with the complications of being both queer and Black in the pre-Civil Rights days, and resisting his feelings for drag performer Frankie . The intersectionality of it, and Marcus’ ability to point out how much better Hawkins has it than he does, seems very relevant to the larger historical context. And both Alladin and Ricketts deliver good performances.
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