Queers

I never knew that this existed until about a week ago. It's a great idea and concept, but unfortunately the content is mixed. The first three episodes, "The Man on the Platform" with the always excellent Ben Whishaw, "A Grand Day Out" with a mesmerizing Fionn Whitehead and "More Anger" with the, as usual, terrific Russell Tovey are great television and offer important and historic messages, but of the final five only number eight works well, that one with an entertaining Alan Cummings entitled "Something Borrowed", though it's a tad similar to the excellent film "A Single Man." The other five all offer solid performances, but I found their stories not as effective, though none are bad. They are, of course all kind of sad. Coming out, racism, gender issues, longing for lost youth, equality, AIDS, etc. All eight are in different time periods ranging from 1917 to 2016, but they all take place in the same pub. Despite my criticisms, this is recommended.