The managers were ignorant of the particulars of AIDS and were therefore scared to have someone with AIDS working for them. The movie also portrays a serious homophobia on the part of the law firm. Due to the fact that this was somewhat early in the AIDS epidemic timeline, it is possible that the managers had no idea how to deal with it and thought firing Beckett was an easy way out. Their obvious distaste for Beckett’s lifestyle comes out in the
The managers were ignorant of the particulars of AIDS and were therefore scared to have someone with AIDS working for them. The movie also portrays a serious homophobia on the part of the law firm. Due to the fact that this was somewhat early in the AIDS epidemic timeline, it is possible that the managers had no idea how to deal with it and thought firing Beckett was an easy way out. Their obvious distaste for Beckett’s lifestyle comes out in the