Well HBO cut the Roy Cohn in hell scene, and I really liked how the scene in heaven worked out. Ethel was still a little over done, but it worked out more or less.
And I must say that the “answers” given, really aren’t answers in the aspect that they don’t really provide real closure, they just say “it isn’t over yet, there’s so much more to see.” Which is totally true, and satisfying. Maybe it’s more satisfying because I know that in the 14 years since the end of the epilogue, 33 anti-retroviral drugs have been developed, Ronald Ragan died a miserable death, and the world hasn’t ended yet, and there’s a hell of a lot yet to see.
No mater how avoidant of conclusions I might be in my day-to-day intellectual life, I really do like a good conclusion that makes me smile and cry at the same time.
I guess that’s something I have to keep working on.
tycho garen 12 August 2004