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In The Last of Us’s zombie hellscape, same-sex love is no big deal – now for the real world | Owen Jones

In The Last of Us’s zombie hellscape, same-sex love is no big deal – now for the real world | Owen Jones

Of all the places to find a heartening queer love story: the apocalypse. This TV series is a major cultural milestoneLove finds many expressions, but its sole certainty is that it always ends. This inescapable reality underpins much of human culture: what is most art, music, theatre, cinema and television other than an attempt to grapple with the emotional turmoil that results?A devastating new contribution to this artistic tradition finds an unlikely home in episode three of the new HBO series The Last of Us. Unlikely, because it is based on a popular video game, set in an apocalyptic alternative universe in which most of humanity has been reduced to zombie-like cannibals. What remains of our species is confined to totalitarian quarantine zones and desperate raiding parties. This is not conventionally fertile ground for romance.Owen Jones is a Guardian columnistIn the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, the

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