26/02/2023
Owen Jones writing in “The Guardian” welcomes the gay romance in television series “The Last of Us”. Two characters in the Zombie doomsday series, based on a video game, nevertheless find love and happiness, dying together in a dignified way that has been lost in their apocalyptic world. Mr Jones writes “Why is this such an important and compelling storyline for queer people? When a young queer person comes to terms with their sexuality, they’re often stricken with panic because the simple roadmap seemingly offered to their straight counterparts – find someone, settle down, have kids, grow old together – vanishes. Images of loneliness fill the void. So when popular culture offers space for meaningful same-sex love – with all its complications – it matters. This episode could be seen as a cultural test: can a deep love affair in which sexual orientation is a background hum, rather than the foregrounded mood music, make it? If same-sex love is no big deal in the zombie apocalypse, a milestone of normalisation has been passed.” To see Mr Jones essay in its entirety, visit our news feed for a link to the “Guardian” website.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/04/the-last-of-us-sam...
