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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...other major theme of the movie, that of the deadly epidemic, is hammered home with graphic zeal that stirs more repulsion than pity. At regular intervals, some random victim will appear and proceed to die horribly in spite of all Angelo's heroic efforts, suspending the viewer in a permanent state of ghoulish expectation. Those not killed by the cholera are reduced to panic-stricken animals, ready to turn on anyone suspected of spreading the dread disease. Oddly enough, this aspect of human nature is portrayed in a purely comic manner, highlighted by a brief but very funny cameo appearance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Horseman' Makes Love in the Time of Cholera | 5/6/1996 | See Source »

Often, some random victim will appear and proceed to die horribly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Horseman' Makes Love in the Time of Cholera | 5/6/1996 | See Source »

...this reason: most decades have the good grace to die of their own accord, a natural and seemly death. The old decade goes into the dustbin precisely because in looking back, we see its follies and feel a healthy eagerness to get on with something better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TURN ON, TUNE IN, TRASH IT! | 5/6/1996 | See Source »

SHOULD PHYSICIANS HELP YOU DIE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 6, 1996 | 5/6/1996 | See Source »

...Would it not be better to tailor the law with stringent conditions and guidelines rather than throw it out altogether? Many of the laws of this country are susceptible to abuse. Consider freedom of speech or the right to bear arms. Should we throw them out? The decision to die should be personal. Only the individual who is suffering can say when bearable pain has become unbearable. If that person wishes to be dead, why are we arguing? Whose life is it anyway? MARION TISCO Round Rock, Texas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 6, 1996 | 5/6/1996 | See Source »

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