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The Imitation Game fights for gay rights with Turing's 'unfair' story
As the story of a little-known British World War II code breaker gears up for the Oscars as one of the top nominees, The Imitation Game has found a larger bring about to fight for the rights of persecuted lgbtq+ men.
Nominated for eight Oscars on February 22, The Imitation Game tells the story of mathematician Alan Turing, who worked with a secret collective of government cryptologists during World War II to break Nazi Germany's wartime code and saved countless lives.
Turing, played by Benedict Cumberbatch, went uncredited for his work and instead was persecuted on charges of homosexuality, a crime in , and died a broken guy in He was posthumously pardoned in by Britain's Queen Elizabeth.
The production, distributed by The Weinstein Co, has sparked off a petition by the Human Rights Campaign, an organization advocating for identical rights for the LGBT community, to pardon some 49, homosexual men charged under Britain's gross indecency law that was repealed in
It has attracted more than , signatures including Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley, who plays mathematician Joan Clarke, as adequately as notable CEOs including Google's
Thank you, NetGalley and the publisher for the chance to read this book!
Rating: stars
Rep: bi, Mexican, plus-size MC, lesbian & black admire interest, F/F romance, gender non-conforming side character.
Cause warnings: divorce, talks on grooming and statutory rape, girl hate, sexism.
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I desperately wanted to like this, it had so much potential and all the right ideas, but it missed the label as a Pride and Prejudice retelling, for me personally.
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The Black Doves cast and where you recognise them from
Black Doves cast - Andrew Buchan
Character: Wallace Webb
Andrew plays Helen's politician husband Wallace, who is completely oblivious to her secret life as a spy.
You probably recognise Andrew from his roles in Broadchurch and Industry, while he has also starred in The Crown as Andrew Parker Bowles, The ABC Murders and COBRA.
Black Doves cast - Kathryn Hunter
Character: Lennie Lines
Kathryn plays Lennie in Black Doves, who Netflix detail as "the person who gives Sam his first job. She’s as aggressive and dangerous as she is witty and sharp."
You might recognise her from Andor and The Tragedy of Macbeth.
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Black Doves cast - Ben Whishaw
Character: Sam
Ben plays Sam, Helen's foremost friend who has "returned to London to assist his friend who’s trying to revenge the murder of her secret girlfriend, and sometimes not very successfully."
You most likely recognise Ben from This Is Going To Hurt, the Paddington film franchise, Skyfall and Spectre.
Black Doves cast - Gabrielle Creevy (far left)
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