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Lydia West as Jill Baxter and Nathaniel Curtis as Ash Mukherjee in It s a Sin on HBO Max.Ben Blackall/HBO Max
“La!”
Sung cheerfully, that one syllable occurs again and again in HBO Max’s It’s a Sin as a marker of group identity. Set in London in 1981 (but filmed in Manchester), the show stars a group of gay men and their straight den mother who utter la to one another in every possible context. It s Liverpool slang, but sun-spoken in their staccato, theatrical way, it s more like aloha. It functions as hello and goodbye, but also “I’m here for you” and “I see you” and “I’m going out for the night, and when I get home, there’s a good chance something terrible may have happened and I will need you to help me get through it.”
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Lydia West expressed a vow to tell more stories of marginalised communities as she accepted her Rising Star trophy at Glamour s Women Of The Year Awards.
The actress, 27, was named as the recipient of the Gamechanger Rising Star Award on Thursday, following her acclaimed turn as Jill Baxter in Channel 4 series It s A Sin.
And after appearing in the series, which follows a group of friends whose lives change amid the 1980s AIDS crisis, Lydia wants more communities who otherwise wouldn t have received mainstream coverage to get their moment in the spotlight.
Voice: Lydia West expressed a vow to tell more stories of marginalised communities as she accepted her Game Changer trophy at Glamour s Women Of The Year Awards on Thursday