Reality-based drama, satire, farce,...... but with tenderness to all. Even to Thorpe. My favorite part is when his wife commented on his love letter: touched by the rare affection a man shows another man. A jewel, enjoyable in many small, surprising ways.
It's not particularly extraordinary but it's an absolutely quality production with lots of fun. An important retelling of the story to see the ridiculousness Thorne went to just to hide the fact that he was gay, and in some way, it's true that Norman was much braver because he was loud and proud. Though Thorne seems one-dimensional, just plain unlikeable and evil.