Following your latest ask, I also want to thank you for that review. It made me tear up, actually. I grew up with Queen - my mother was a huge fan (and inconsolable when Freddie passed) who grew up with him as an icon. I went to see BoRhap with her and we were both in tears for so much of it - and you put into words what I felt. Rami was Freddie in his pure essence; in his charisma and vulnerability and in the way he connected with people from his art and from a stage. 1/2
Freddie didn’t care for labels and was such a gentle soul - to everyone around him even though he was marginalised, he used this as a strength. I grew up with this influence and I was lucky enough to have had him as a model. What the movie did was honour that and your words are really powerful from someone who managed to express that while not knowing much of Freddie - it means a lot and I think it’s a testament to the movie and to Freddie. Your words are his legacy living on <3 2/2
All I can say is wow, i’m just so glad. Thank you for letting me know. You really put it beautifully like i think it does depend on person to person but a lot of people should get the idea of how Freddie was truly. I’m so glad though that i really personified that in my writings on the film though. And yeah i didn’t know much about Freddie going in so its very nice to hear my idea of him is spot on. I completely agree on the film honouring him, considering like you said i was able to gather a lot of what he meant to people.
I think the message is made quite clear when rami says as him that he doesn’t want to be their person with aids or sexuality but a person of the people. That for me was beautiful but also something i see myself represented. As someone who’s quite marginalized to some ends, it was nice seeing someone i could really relate too in that way. But yeah i’m just so happy we have this film and that i could get Freddie as much as someone who’s loved him for ages.
