wonderful direction and writing to begin with; the cast is terrific ; Neil Patrick Harris is daring, brave , and a shining light for living his life authentically. To see an iconic star such as Harris throw himself so completely into some pretty steamy sex scenes ( my god , if I had only seen this as a kid) , then later to see him be so crushed and hurt that it’s palpable! I laughed a lot and cried unabashedly. Real gay people being , well, human