![]() But, Earl and Bette are also people who have, in a sense, become “stuck”, remaining in the same patterns as the world changes around them.Īt this historical turning point, just before the beginning of the 1960s, Bette and Earl’s lives are invaded by Bette’s young cousin, Hortense, an aspiring actress whose disruptive presence will explode all the pain this relationship has been designed to contain. ![]() ![]() They have created a family of choice, eating dinner together, providing sympathy, celebrating birthdays and Christmas. ![]() Set in Greenwich Village in 1958, The Cosmopolitans centres on the relationship between Bette, a white secretary, and her neighbour, Earl, a black, gay actor.Įarl and Bette have developed a close friendship over the course of thirty years, a friendship based in their shared experiences of being ejected, unjustly, from their families and having to make their own way in a hostile world. ![]()
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