Wedenesday 13th July

Tonight I started watching ‘The Line of Beauty’ the 2006 BBC adaptation of the novel by Alan Hollinghurst. I found the DVD to be very liberal in the views it portrayed; it had elements of Brideshead Revisited with the exorbitant wealth and lavish luxury. The DVD included an inter racial gay relationship showing that general views of homosexual relationship have moved on a lot since Maurice (1917) where everything is shielded and hushed away, in comparison to this ‘The Line of Beauty’ is very liberal and open-minded about homosexual relationships. Since I have not yet finished reading the novel I cannot yet comment on how it is similar or differs to the DVD. I found the DVD very eye opening showing how the general opinion of homosexual relationships has advanced over the past century.