Just a reminder...
On 11/10/09, Nitin Karani <nitin.kar...@gmail.com> wrote: > You are cordially invited to > > * * > *Sunday High, 15 November 2009* > > > 'The Line of Beauty' > > *A story of love, class, sex and money in the Thatcherite 1980s.* > > > > > > > > > > > > *Three episodes (of about an hour each), May 2006* > > We bring you this BBC mini-series based on Allan Hollinghurst's eponymous > Booker winning novel after 'Angels in America' with which parallels may be > drawn. The main themes of this story are class division and envy, reverse > snobbery, interracial relations, drug abuse, the HIV scourge and of course > homophobia. However, it's a fairly straightforward drama with some gripping > moments despite a sagging middle. > > Synopsis: Nick Guest comes to London to live with his college friend's > family, the Feddens. A short stay becomes permanent, and Nick positions > himself in the family's plentiful lives of parties and politics during the > Thatcher years. Over the course of three episodes spanning four years in > the > mid-eighties, we follow Nick's two homosexual love affairs in a time of > promiscuity and carelessness, until the AIDS crisis and a bout of scandal > threaten life as he has come to know it. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > *Time:* 5.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. One intermission during which light > refreshments will be served. > > > *Venue:* The Humsafar Trust's Drop-in Centre, 4th floor, Municipal Transit > Building (Vakola Municipal Market Building), Near Raheja Point and Vakola > Masjid, Santacruz (East), Mumbai. > > *Getting there:* It's approximately minimum fare by auto-rickshaw from > Santacruz station (East). You could also take routes 311 or 313. The same > routes also operate from Kurla (West) station. > > > *Space courtesy:* The Humsafar Trust. > > > > Note: Programme subject to change without notice in unavoidable > circumstances. > > *Keep in touch with Bombay Dost via:* > > The Bombay Dost Wiki (http://bombay-dost.pbworks.com/) > > OR The Facebook Fan Page > (http://www.facebook.com/Bombay-Dost<http://www.new.facebook.com/pages/Bombay-Dost/52817999936> > ) > > OR follow Bombaydost on Twitter (http://twitter.com/bombaydost > > OR subscribe to our Google SMS Channel ( > http://labs.google.co.in/smschannels/subscribe/BombayDost) > > OR E-mail us: bombaydost2...@gmail.com >
