Unlikely Allies Feel “Pride”
By Skip Sheffield
“Pride” is another fact-based story inspired by the highly
unlikely alliance between the striking National Union of Mineworkers and a
ragtag group of London gay and lesbian activists in the United Kingdom in 1984,
when ultra-conservative Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister.
Thatcher was known as the “Iron Lady,” and she didn’t intend
to knuckle under to Welsh miners who wanted increased pay and better working
conditions. One would assume she was even less in favorite of flamboyant, noisy
homosexuals.
Written by Stephen Beresford and directed by Matthew Warchus
(“God of Carnage”), “Pride” is essentially a comedy- a colorful one at that-
with a social conscience. It has a young and eclectic cast, with Ben Schnetzer as the heterosexual Northern Irish champion of both groups. Old pros include Imelda Staunton and Bill Nighy.
“Pride” is a word often used by gay and lesbian activists
who will love this movie. This little film may make straight people better understand
that pride, for if burly, begrimed macho miners can find common ground with flouncy,
prancing homosexuals, who cannot learn to get along?
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