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The scene where Andrew shows the lesions on his chest is completely over the top


They're just a few small spots. Everyone was looking away and crying like his guts were hanging out.

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People had more empathy for AIDS sufferers in the 1980s/90s because there was no cure, a slow destruction of the immune system meant a lingering death.

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