爱若此时

It's god dam an amazing movie.

    Alan 浑身都是戏.

    看惯了hollywood大片的人会说，没高潮啊？但是，不觉得整部戏都是高潮吗？Alan的眼神和歌声，marco的背影，这么多感情就堆积在胸口慢慢积累，但是无处喷涌，就像结局你无法看到一个hollywood式的happy ending。

    是个好故事。从开始就会好奇，然后呢？结局会怎样？吸引你往下看。
    
    同性之情，爱子之情都无处渲泄，只能在结尾处无奈的唱出来，we shall be release. Can we?

只看故事的話還是很感動 只是不知道要關注的重點是
只看大人和小孩之間的感情會想起那部關於只有6歲孩子智商的爸爸的電影一樣 關於兒童福利制度？
看大人的話是 追求愛的平等權利么
總之 有點不知道怎麼去側重 所以只當做是愛的故事
哦 裏面的歌不錯


''COME TO ME''
written by Tony Green
performed by France Joli

''THE STUD''
written by Biddu

''IT WOULD BE A SHAME''
written by B.Mitchell and M.Wright
performed by Betty Padgett

''TELEGRAM SAM''
written by Marc Bolan
performed by T.Rex

'' SUPER STUPID''
written by George Clinton Jr.,Edward Hazel, William Nolson,Lucious Ross
performed by Funkadelic

''ONE MONKEY DON'T STOP THE SHOW,PART 1''
written by General N.Johnson and Gregory S.Perry
performed by The Honey Cone

''NIGHTTIME RAMBLE''
written and performed by Jeff Lass

''INSIDE THE CROWD''
written and performed by Jeff Lass

''BACKSTORY BLUES''
written by Travis Fine and Jeff Lass
performed by Jeff Lass and Alan Cumming

''SHAKE DOWN''
written by Eddie Horan,Hadley Murrell and Dwight J.Emlie
performed by Black Ice

''IT'S ALL ABOUT LOVE''
written and performed by Teddy Rabb

''MIRACLES''
written by Martyn Buchwaid
performed by Marty Balin

''GREEN HAZE''
written and performed by Miles Davis

''AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL''
written by Katharine Lee Bates and Samuel A.Ward

''GETTING HOT''
written and performed by Teddy Rabb

''BUICK MACKANE''
written by Marc Bolan
performed by T.Rex

''COME TO ME''
written by Tony Green
performed by Alan Cumming

''DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY''
written by Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Cary Grant Gilbert
performed by Thelma Houston

''LOVE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE''
written by Gregory Miles
performed by Alan Cumming

''I SHALL BE RELESAED''
written by Bob Dylan
performed by Alan Cumming

''METAPHORICAL BLANKET''
written and performed by Rufus Wainwright
string Arrangement by Joey Newman

有时候偏爱这种淡淡的叙述的故事。被生活打动，有时候生活的简单在于即使被许多复杂因素干扰，仍能够知道自己想要什么。

马可喜欢Happy ending.所以也以为这个会有好的就结局。如果有相信的就去相信也并非盲目。



1.what u see is what you get.

这部电影里面，马可这个孩子真心很有感染力，看他笑就很开心，看他使着小性子想要甜甜圈也是真。每个人都有自己值得的美丽和欢乐。无论你的主观是否蒙蔽过你心你眼。可惜很多人还没有懂得这个道理。

在单身家庭，并有着瘾君子的母亲患着唐氏症，最后在疏忽的关爱里面走失死去，或显得太过凄凉，但是有时候，他也有过被亲吻得到额外幸运，“相信我，亲爱的，在这个疯狂的世界我们都需要一点点额外的幸运”，他得到并未尝失去，即使他可能不知道此后。

每一个孩子需要的除了一点点的幸运更多的应该是平常的爱护。我们看得到马可的母亲应该还是很爱自己的孩子，即使大多时候她的爱不算合格。但是问题就在于，很多人明知道自己应当承担的责任，却表示自己无能为力。这是完全怯懦的自私的表现。家庭的温暖和来自父母的爱不能算是额外的幸运，平常的意思就是指毫无疑问毫无悬念，如果有人要问“凭什么我要给予自己孩子、父母我的关怀爱护”，才是真正的不平常。

孩子敏感并有自己的情绪。当Marco在知道自己有一个家的时候，激动的哭；在合唱时候得到赞扬时自信的神情；等待被接回家时期许的凝望…都难以忽视。

“你们的所见即所得”医生说。一些与生俱来的感情在最原始的状态，是无关你爱护的事物能带给你什么的。太过纯粹的感情被人们遗忘的太多。即使可能会被人说太过理想化的想法，还是觉得纯粹的情愫就算可能带了许多附加条件使得我们认为其更加可爱，但只剩它本来的面目还是可爱的。无论马可是否能上大学，回报作为上大学取得的成就感（并非指大学本身是一个荣誉，而是孩子得到的努力的回报带来的骄傲），接受和包容、愿意付出一部分的自己来承担作为监护人的责任，还是让我觉得感动。



2.就像你无所畏惧
关于许多时候，双方陷入一段关系，例如两个同性别的人在一起，一方未出柜。在很多时候得不到被认可的地位，在一定场合遮遮掩掩其实是很心酸的一件事。被诘问“为什么不说出来不敢改变”，得到回答“你知道这样后果很严重，我会有很麻烦失去很多”。其实一直觉得体谅是相互的，但并非畏惧不前安于现状。敢于改变的预先得准备好面对的失去，并知道什么才是更可贵的，那么到了变化一刻也不会太手足无措。无论什么性别的个体都应当学会勇于承担。



3. “这不是歧视，这是现实”
持偏见的人并不意识到自己所做的事是充满了歧视的，就算他们努力秉持公正。例如法官们，从一开始的毫不犹豫地拒绝申请，即使被说服接受了，仍然在最后的审判中被并非品质的部分左右决定。但是其中有一部分的东西说明包容性的重要地位。就像老师。
但是受到歧视的人不能因为遭到习惯性对待，就认为自己理所应当被如此对待。Paul说“这不是歧视，这是现实”，事实上是对现实无奈的自我安慰，即使我也一度认为现实如此，被惯有存在同化，但是这的确是歧视。难道同性恋、异性恋、双性恋都是因为其伴侣的性别，而非自己作为人的个体来得到、行使自身平等的权利?难道是因为智力的高低而非个人的生命特征得到应有的生活权利?难道是因为财富的多少而非生而为人的热忱来决定生活的权利?固有看法并非是全对。你我既然存在，就不能屈服于“这是现实”。

也有这样的一部分人，会喜欢探寻别人的生活，然后伸手干预。例如地区检察官Wilson。他老是在不经意间试图窥视别人的生活，然后作出干预。如果他并非对同性恋抱有偏见，就不会揭露Rudy和Paul的关系，更加不会为了证实自己的高人一等，同Marco的母亲做出交易来赢得官司。我们可以从演绎中看到母亲有过犹豫，她知道Marco的确不适合和自己一起。R和P更能给他一个家庭。这点也是为了说明P和R的争取并非是不合理的，即使母亲健在，但是之前她的确是授予了监护权。



4．Happy ending
信者得爱，爱若此时。

Alan Cumming Has Never Been Better

The story of Any Day Now may take place in the past, but the discrimination against same-sex families it depicts is unfortunately still all too real.
BY DIANE ANDERSON-MINSHALL JANUARY 04 2013 5:00 AM ET

George Arthur Bloom lived in Brooklyn in the late 1970s, back when it was a rough-and-tumble area. He was inspired by a larger-than-life character everyone seemed to know, Rudy, who developed a fatherly relationship with, as filmmaker Travis Fine puts it, a “kid who was terribly handicapped, both mentally and physically” and whose mother was a drug addict. Bloom turned Rudy’s real-life experience into a screenplay, which almost got filmed several times during the ensuing years (at one point Tommy Lee Jones and Sylvester Stallone were attached to it). Then it went nowhere, Bloom gave up, and it sat in a drawer until his son, an old high school friend of Fine’s, showed the director the script.

The movie that came of it, Any Day Now, which hit theaters this winter and garnered awards on the festival circuit, follows The Good Wife’s Alan Cumming as Rudy, Raising Hope’s Garret Dillahunt as Paul, the closeted attorney who becomes his partner, and Isaac Leyva as Marco, a teen with Down syndrome who’s abandoned by his mother and taken in by the men. They all must fight a biased legal system so the couple can adopt Isaac, a heart-wrenching storyline that will resonate with many of the 2 to 6 million LGBT people who say they’d like to adopt.

“The story of Any Day Now may take place in the past, but the discrimination against same-sex families it depicts is unfortunately still all too real in some parts of our country,” says GLAAD president Herndon Graddick.

It’s real too for kids like Marco. As of 2011 there were 104,236 children in foster care awaiting adoption, many of them considered special-needs children because they are black or Latino, are older than infants, or have some form of mental or physical disability. “What the film’s remarkable performances and eloquent script reveal, though, is how unjust and hurtful to same-sex couples and children that discrimination really is,” Graddick adds.

Cumming, whose performance is riveting and one of his most inspired, talks about making the film.

I found Any Day Now just completely absorbing and really moving. And I notice people just seem to really have a gut reaction to the film. Why do you think it reaches people that way?
I think that we see the story of people who are damaged and devastated by bigotry and prejudice and ignorance. And we understand how wrong that is because we’ve invested in these characters and we want them to be together. And then I think in a larger way, we know that the reason that happened is because that bigotry and that prejudice still exist in our society. And I think we are so moved by it because we know that we are complicit in that because we are all members of that society.

This is a story about many things — about family, the foster care system, and coming out, but at the heart of it, it’s a love story between your free-spirited Rudy and Garret’s buttoned-down, closeted Paul. How did you develop the sort of chemistry that viewers see between you and Garret on-screen?
We just had to fake it, because we didn’t know each other. It was very well-written. and obviously Garret is a really brilliant actor and we luckily felt very comfortable with each other and got on. And I think that’s half of it. Once you feel comfortable with someone you can just dive in. But you’d imagine we’d have lots of time to talk and get comfortable with each other. No, we were practically in bed on the first day.

One of the other parts of the film that we don’t see a lot of — but is so true — is that there’s so much difficulty over same-sex couples trying to adopt. But the reality is there are a ton of children and teenagers, especially with physical or mental disabilities, that will just languish in the system.
Absolutely right. And that to me is the biggest idea—because everyone falls in love with Isaac. Garret says at one point, “I’m just hoping that this child doesn’t slip through the cracks in the system,” and sadly he does.

Tell me about working with Isaac.
Oh, it was great. I loved it. I mean people think…you’re going to make a movie with someone who has a learning disability, what’s that going to mean? I had no idea. But I just went into it…with an open heart. And he was just an absolute darling and so lovely.… He’s got kind of openness to him and…he’s not at all jaded. Everything there’s pure, and it kind of reminded me of what acting should be like. Everything’s really on the surface and completely authentic.



That's great. You have some scenes of just real heartbreak and anguish. Was there anything in your own life that you could call on to sort of nail those scenes? To inspire?

Well, yes. I have had heartbreak and anguish in my life. That's not difficult for me to access.

So, ten years ago, we used to ask straight actors if they had any hesitation about playing a gay role. Now it's more common to ask gay actors if they worry about being pigeonholed. This is certainly not your first gay role, but do you ever worry about that?

No, I actually don't. I mean, [I'm] playing a straight man on TV every Monday. I just don't deal with that. I mean, I've played gay people, but I don't know the percentage. I just I don't think much in that way, you know. I don't correlate it in that way.

But I'm drawn to the stories and the character's heart, you know. And perhaps because… I'm comfortable with it, I'm likely to be offered things, I could see people know that I would be more ready to be comfortable with doing it. But I don't worry at all. I'm not really a worrier. I refuse.

That's great. So assuming they met somehow, what would Rudy think about Eli, your character on Good Wife?

I think… in terms of the story, I think he'd probably try to see what he could do to help his situation. I think probably they might lock horns a little bit initially because they're both quite sensitive types. But I imagine that, you know, they might get on eventually because they look so alike. That was a joke.

What’s the most critical thing for you to get across with this film? What do you want people to take away from it?
I want people to…have a real emotional experience and an emotional connection. But really…I want people to go away and think, Wow, look at the effect of prejudice and ignorance and bigotry, and look at how much our society is still engendering and encouraging that.

Speaking of, you and your husband, Grant, got married earlier this year in New York. What are your thoughts on the recent marriage equality successes?
I think it’s great that we have a president who is very vocal in his support of equality and gay rights. I think the last election is really exciting in that it showed that the country was rejecting all that sort of prejudice and fear-based prejudice. We’re still the second-class citizens. And people still can be fired for being gay and people are gay-bashed.… So, you know, I don’t mean to be ungrateful but I don’t see why I should be so grateful for my rights. I think that’s what we should all remember.

 

I have one last question. You have a book coming out in 2013: May the Foreskin Be With You. I read a little excerpt from it and it made me want to ask, what made you want to talk so intimately about your penis and other people's penises?

Because I was shocked when I first came to America, [and] I realized that the people who were seeing my penis were so utterly ignorant of what a real penis — a normal, intact penis —looks like. I thought, God, I'm here, I'm in New York City, this progressive, cultural, melting-pot of the world, and these people don't realize that they are genitally mutilated as children. And that was really what got me going, I was like, this is how it's supposed to be.

And then I've [found] out more about it, and saw all the things about lack of sensation that people have, and I became aware of that because you just are aware that people with their circumcised penises are less sensitive. And so it just became a cause for me, really.

And then of course you find out all these things about how the circumcisions can go so horribly wrong, and how these poor kids have terrible, terrible things happen. I've been in situations where I've been in a car, and me and an interviewer are talking about the book or other things, and the driver will go, "I heard you speaking and you know, my circumcision went wrong and I… pee out of two holes."

And I think it's this unspoken thing, of men, that don't want to talk about it and they certainly don't want to be told something that irretrievable, irreversible. It's so wrong and they're losing so much. Also, it's fighting the medical system that [doesn't want to] admit they're wrong, and they don't want to lose the money that every circumcision brings them.

To me, it seems to me this huge conspiracy. And actually … if it was girl circumcision, I mean female genital mutilation, we would be horrified about it. And we are, when it happens.

Yes, [female circumcision] is illegal here, yeah.

Yes, so why is it? If anything happens to thousands of little boys and we think that's okay.

Yeah. And there always seems to be the excuse that a boy's penis should look like his father's. I hear that again and again.

To which I think, do you go home get your cocker in front of your dad? I didn't. Is that an American custom? Because I don't think that's right, if it is.


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Dillahunt, who plays the often clueless but nonetheless progressive and lovable Burt Chance on Raising Hope, isn't new to playing gay and bisexual characters. But this film, he says, is special. He tells us why.

I found Any Day Now completely absorbing and really moving and viewers seem to have a real, visceral reaction to the film. Why do you think that is?
I guess, hopefully, they find it honest and relatable. I think, despite the specific circumstances these characters are going through, there's a lot of common ground.

This is a story about family, the foster care system, disability, coming out and so on. But at the heart it’s a love story between your button down closeted character, Paul, and Alan Cumming’s free-spirited drag performer, Rudy. What was most critical to you to get across in the film?
That these were living, breathing human beings. The whole thing will fall apart, obviously, if the audience doesn't believe the love between these two, seemingly, opposites.

Ten years ago, we used to ask straight actors if they had any hesitation about playing a gay role but not so much any more. So I’m wondering what made you want to take on this role?
I just thought it was a challenge. I like mixing it up as much as I can, and Paul was much different from the previous character I'd played, and I thought it would be fun to tackle. The icing on the cake is that it's a beautiful story with themes that are, sadly, still resonant today. Who wouldn't want to be a part of that?

I love that while Paul is really navigating new territory as a gay or bisexual man, the film certainly isn’t just a traditional coming out narrative. There’s no big “I am gay” scene, for example. Was there sort of awareness that Paul’s coming out was almost secondary to what was happening with Marco?
Yes. I think the center of this story is Marco. Rudy is an incredibly tough guy — he's a drag queen in the '70s, for Christ's sake. It is almost unsurprising that he would take Marco under his wing. I think his comfort as a gay man is something Paul envies. Probably one of the things that attracts him to Rudy, this unapologetic "gayness" and willingness to fight — it brings out Paul's quieter strength. And the catalyst is this boy.

It’s hard not to think this film as a modern Kramer vs Kramer. Dustin Hoffman’s character loses his job to care for the kid; Rudy does the same. Hoffman and Streep go to court to battle for custody; Paul and Rudy do the same. Though it’s set in the 1970s, the storyline feels particularly timely as Kramer did when it came out. What do you think of comparisons like that?
I don't mind them. I suppose they're going to happen however I feel about it.

My sister-in-law has Down syndrome so it was lovely to see a storyline about a teen with Down syndrome. Tell me about working with Isaac, who plans Marco in the film.
Isaac was terrific. He was excited and joyful, prepared, and serious. He'd shush Alan and I if we were too goofy when Travis was about to call "action." He gives great hugs and listens — which makes him a great actor. He really reminded me why I do this, and how I should do this. He shamed me, truthfully. And I am so grateful.

What about working with Alan. How did you develop enough trust to connect so easily in the film? You have great chemistry.
We got on well, didn't we? We seem like a couple. I wish I had a great story to tell you — some incredible bonding experience or conversation we had prior to filming that clicked everything into place. But we didn't have time for that. We met at the wig fitting and got to work. I guess we're professionals! Sometimes it's easy, though. Alan is real easy to act with. We share a belief, I think, that if you're not having fun, why do it? And it is fun, no matter how harrowing the scene, when it works. And with Alan, it works every time. Heh, he'll love that quote.

http://www.advocate.com/print-issue/current-issue/2013/01/04/alan-cumming-has-never-been-better

http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/film/2012/12/13/garret-dillahunt-tackles-gay-adoption-any-day-now

當我在看完預告的時候，就已經確信這是部非常棒的電影


這是由一個真實故事改編的電影。


故事發生在70年代的美國，圍繞著一個患有唐氏綜合癥14歲的男孩Marco DeLeon展開。

故事的背景在同性戀者愛情的烘托下異常成功(注：70年代的美國對於同性戀相當歧視)。因為這是一個炙手可熱、奪人眼眸的商業亮點，是曾加票房收入且吸人眾人的一個堅固題材，且能很好的達到讓觀眾產生共鳴并體會到他們在爭取撫養權時所受到不公平審判地痛苦、無奈。但導演並沒有過度深入描寫同性戀的戀情，因這個亮點的背景是可被取代的，可以是從監獄出來的人，也可以是有複雜背景的人等等......電影在一開始就已Marco孤獨的背影展開，明確告訴觀眾這部電影的第一主角與主線就是Marco。這個擁有燦爛笑容禮貌的男孩，天真可愛。他用自己的方式安靜小巧的生存在這複雜的社會，雖然在智力方面不如正常人，但是也如常人那般渴望能擁有一個幸福溫暖的家，有真正疼愛他為他睡前講故事的人。

導演所刻畫的第二主角Rudy Donatello是個鮮明討人喜愛的人物，在導演一步步把Ruby對於Marco的愛緩緩帶出後，讓觀眾更能投入到Ruby那份對Marco的真摯愛中。Ruby在影片里親自演唱的3首歌曲"Come to Me" " Love Don't live Here Anymore" "I Shall Be Released" 貫穿整部電影。導演在歌曲方面的安排不僅純粹只是電影插曲，而是以Ruby的方式更好的帶出他對Marco深厚的愛。歌曲成為電影重要的一部份完全融入其中，很是難得。

檢察官Paul Fleiger，雖然導演並沒有過多深入述說他的背景，但依舊成功讓觀眾對Paul有一種難以言說的敬佩之情。我想大家都會記得這個畫面，Paul一臉認真的教導Marco做功課，從他眼中就可以感受到他對Marco滿滿的真摯的愛。當然還有他在法庭堅定不移的言語，字字入人心。他是個絕對成功且不用過多刻畫的第三主角。

但整部影片最讓我感覺驚喜的是，導演用了一個如此平靜的方式來宣洩他對於這個社會不公義現象的哀歎。影片最後，Paul在信裏告訴每一個反對他們爭取Marco撫養權的人，認真描述給他們聽Marco是一個怎樣惹人喜愛的善良孩子。他並不是寫信指責他們做錯了什麽，而是嘗試讓他們瞭解Marco是一個怎樣的孩子，因為他們從來都沒有機會認識Marco。Paul所希望的是，當他們真的瞭解後可以明白Marco所真正需要的是什麽。雖已然沒有什麽能再為Marco做的了，但至少在以後，當再次出現類似的Case，能請寬容對待。

這就是導演的魅力之處，也是最最成功之處。那些反面的角色不是叫人來憎恨的，而是叫人來反思的。

我很感激導演在這部電影上花的所有一切心血，雖然身為商業片但導演非常成功傳遞了他所想要帶給觀眾們明確的信息。


最後，我想分享一下對「And Day Now」 這個名字的看法：

"Any Day" 在我們平凡生活里的每一天，都會有無數向Marco這樣的人身處在我們彼此的身邊。而"Now"，此刻的你能為他們做的或許看似微小，但對於他們卻是最大的，最為珍貴的。


台詞精髓：

At the court， Paul say：『This hearing is about Marco. who at this very moment is sitting in some foster home. and who will sit in some foster home forever. because no one want to adopt him. No one wants to adopt some short, fat, mentally handicapped kid. No one in this entire world wants him...except us. We want him. We love him. We'll take care of him and educate him, keep him safe and raise him to be a good man. Isn't that what he deserves? Isn't that what every child deserves?』

http://blog.qooza.hk/chenfeng

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对于美国的LGBT（同性恋，双性恋，及跨性别者）来说，本周是至关重要的一周。加州第八号提案和DOMA（婚姻保护法案）被送交最高法庭。平等的进程究竟会被推进还是推迟，取决于最后的裁定。然而不可否认的是，LGBT群体在得到越来越多的支持。人权运动组织发起了“更换你的Facebook头像”活动，鼓励网友将头像改成人权运动的标志，通常你看到的是蓝底黄条纹，然而，为了支持婚姻平等，人权运动组织特别设计了红底粉条纹的版本。目前为止，活动响应很好，好到如果一个不知情者打开Facebook，八成以为电脑感染了最新的网络病毒。
二
我支持LGBT，但从未在任何公开场合宣扬过立场。不是因为害怕受到攻击，而是我实在脑力不足但又想得太多，关于LGBT的各种成因，关于大范围支持他们对社会的影响，诸如此类的问题想着想着就能把我绕进去。对于我不能完全确定的事情的看法，我习惯将它设定为private。
三
今晚跟美国朋友Sandra出去，我说到昨晚看的同性题材影片Any Day Now，Sandra开始对同性恋发表看法。原话大致是，不支持同性恋，据她所知大部分同性恋者年幼时都受到过成年同性的侵犯，所以长大以后对性别困惑，这些人虽然可怜，但还是得改。虽然这些话我没一个字同意，但也懒得跟她吵。后来去超市购物，出来时我拎着半打啤酒，Sandra又说，不支持人喝酒，据她所知大部分喝酒的人都有醉酒的情况，醉酒会引发犯罪，所以，虽然圣经（此人基督徒）都没有说喝酒是一种原罪，但还是应该杜绝酒精。
我感到愤怒，不仅因为她对于饮酒者的推论毫无逻辑价值可言，更因为她试图改变我。我相信没有哪个心智成熟的人喜欢别人干涉自己，尤其是那种根本无所谓对错，也丝毫不干涉他人的习惯或生活方式。
最后我们不欢而散。回到家我突然意识到，Sandra对同性恋者和饮酒者的态度如出一辙——不了解，以道听途说来的反面特例当作主流，然后表明反对立场，声称这个群体需要改变。而一切的起因，说白了不过是他们跟自己非同类，又不愿站在更高的角度，客观去了解这个异己群体而已。
所以我该庆幸饮酒无论在任何国家都是流行文化，我不会被大众排斥，个别人的看法可以忽略不计。而同性恋者仍是少数群体，仍在经受主流群体的误解和非难。说到底，我们所有关于平等的诉求，追求的都是不同群体的相互包容。包容多数情况下是建立在了解的基础上，但其实我们不能要求每个人对异己者有深入的了解（对于同性恋者，就是因为我尚且没有深入的了解，所以依然有困惑），因为这需要的不仅是时间，还有眼界。但我们至少该明白，这个不同于我们的群体（中的绝大多数）如果只是在用不同的（且并不危害社会的）方式在实现人类共通的价值或情感，那就该包容他们。
09年我看米尔克时写下的感想是：米尔克的意义不仅仅在于为同性恋者争取权益，他的斗争是为了所有的少数族群。甚至可以说，是为了所有因为他人的无知与偏见而受到不公正待遇的人，当一个社会能坦然地听取各种声音，这才是一个有胸怀的健康社会。时隔几年，我更加认同自己当时的说法。那时并没有想真的效仿米尔克。而今天因自己饮酒被朋友质疑之事，我突然意识到公开支持LGBT的意义，不仅是明理人帮助蒙昧者明理，更是有包容心的人教胸怀狭隘者学会包容。
四
再说回周四看的影片，Any Day Now。其实是在网上打印了四张免费电影票，四个人浩浩荡荡准备去看新版Evil Dead。到电影院被告知满场，不过可以换成任意其他场次。于是就换到了时间最近的Any Day Now。进场后只有我们四个人，萧条地完成了观影。
Rudy是同志酒吧的异装舞者，他性感，热烈，活得洒脱有趣。Paul让他讲述自己的故事，他用一首歌唱出自己的经历，如何生活艰辛，梦想被现实击碎。Rudy像极了风月俏佳人里朱莉娅•罗伯茨饰演的女主角，如果他是个女人，一定追求者无数。
Paul是行迹于上层社会的律师。他结过婚，拥有过自己的公司，但不甘于麻木不仁的生活。于是离了婚，学习法律，他的梦想是改变世界。
Rudy和Paul一见钟情，他们彼此被对方的特质吸引，彼此深爱。因为Rudy爱憎分明的一颗赤子之心，他们还意外得到了一个孩子——患有自闭症的男孩Marco。Marco喜欢自己的芭比娃娃，喜欢吃垃圾食品，喜欢Rudy把自己当作主角编进故事里，虽然电影里Rudy的故事从来都只讲一个开头，但可以猜到，它一定有个好结局。
然而现实中的Marco却结局悲惨，Rudy和Paul的同志情侣关系被揭发后，Marco被生活淫乱的生母夺回抚养权，他最终走失，孤独死在一座桥下。不是因为他出走后忘记了生母的住处，那条路他走过无数次；只是在他心里Rudy和Paul才是他的家，但因为世俗的干涉，那个家他再也回不去……
影片根据真实事件改编，虽然情节涉及到儿童抚养权，但影片的重心并不在同性家庭是否有资格收养儿童这个比同性恋本身更复杂很多的问题。Marco的作用还是拷问社会对同性情侣的不公正——因为和Rudy的关系被揭发，本来即将升迁的Paul丢掉了工作，同时他们失去了对Marco的抚养权，唯有Rudy唱歌的梦想侥幸没有被打破，他夜夜在酒吧，唱一首让人心碎的挽歌。
影片在很多时候显得情节失控，导致目的不明。看完我仍然会困惑它到底想说的是同性恋受到不公正对待，还是同性情侣是否有资格收养小孩，再或者，是如何关爱特殊儿童。作为探讨敏感问题的电影，本片显然力道不足，而导演耽于煽情，演员入戏过深长期飘在自high状态（尤其Rudy）更加重了煽情意味，也让电影更加绵软无力。影片很多情节设计很像撑同片的典范费城，比如律师被发现是同志后丢掉工作，比如最后没有人愿意接同志的案子所以主角求助黑人律师。但费城分分钟都是剑拔弩张的气势，汤姆•汉克斯为它掉的每一斤肉都是打在保守世俗脸上的响亮耳光。而本片思想较费城并不失之毫厘，但力度却差之千里。
然而我相信，任何对于现存问题心怀诚意的探讨，都是有价值的。至于有人提到的Rudy和Paul的情感发展缺乏铺垫，没有说服力，可以套用我一心思细腻的朋友对新版笑傲江湖的评价：剧情是狗血的，感情是真挚的。嗯……