"The Invisible Thread," a Netflix origal, is an Italian romantic edy about a gay uple who mt ci whether the kid they have is legally theirs,
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‘THE INVISIBLE THREAD’ REVIEW: LEONE IS AN INVISIBLE THREAD OF A GAY RELATNSHIP
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“The Invisible Thread, ” a Netflix origal, is an Italian romantic edy about a gay uple who mt ci whether the kid they have is legally theirs, while their relatnship is disarray. This film is set a cy Italy and offers a unique perspective on what a gay relatnship is like when a child is volved. Relatnships, whether heterosexual or homosexual, are never easy.
Leone, who is still school, is workg on a film about LGBTQ rights Italy, wh his parents as the subject matter, to te his school dience about what ’s like to have homosexual parents. Leone is taken aback and ss shocked, but assur Dar that he is not gay. Mar Simon Puccni, the director and wrer, effectively picts a gay relatnship fightg s fights as any other uple would, when thgs are tumultuo.
I wasn't expectg much more than gay stereotyp and ridiculo humor. For once gays are not prented as obnox drag queens or someone dyg om AIDS.
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The show is notable for s plex gay and bisexual characters and storyl, which range om difficult g out stori to passnate threome sex scen. One of the lead characters is a gay woman, and as LGBTQ TV shows go, this one do a particularly good job highlightg issu of queer parentg, cludg relatns wh the sperm donor and brgg a same-genr partner to your baby’s life. One of the ma characters is a closeted gay gang member, who fac a closed-md Catholic fay and an arranged marriage to a woman, among other hardships.
The seri don’t shy away om LGBTQ storyl and the reali of homophobia, and there are several queer characters who provi bisexual, gay and trans reprentatn the ma st. One of the characters equents a gay bar, where baret performers drs drag, and the wild sex parti picted the show are apparently pretty historilly accurate.
This Rsian web seri is particularly important bee was produced the wake of Rsia’s homophobic “anti-gay propaganda” law, which sentially banned talkg about beg queer or promotg LGBTQ ntent to mors. Created by Manolo Caro, who also created The Hoe of Flowers, this pellg thriller is about a young gay man whose nservative fay is tryg to set him up wh the dghter of a fay iend. Hannah Gadsby, for example, speaks about growg up as a lbian Tasmania, where homosexualy was illegal until 1997.