In The Middle
it’s a song: the music of channel 4’s lgbtq+ hit show The 2021 blockbuster drama It’s a Sin, created by queer screenwriter Russell T. Davies, explores the lives of young people affected by the emergence of the HIV and AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. The Gryphon music editor Fern McErlane takes a close look at the eighties-inspired soundtrack, and how music is used within the show. Warning: this article contains spoilers... It’s a Sin has taken over the internet by storm,
the-bone representation of the experiences of
poignant foil to the action onscreen. On the morning
are mainly non-diegetic, and deliberately timed to
onscreen.
referencing the atomic bombing of Hiroshima by the
dark content, happiness and horror, extends across
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