One very obvious example occurs in the first hospital scene, where Andrew Beckett (Hanks) is suffering from diarrhea. While thee, he is inf ormed over the phone that an important document in his "highliner" case has gone missing, the situation that ostensibly brings about his dismissal from the firm. Okay, so Hanks is on the phone, chanting "every problem has a solution," in this context refering to the lost document. While he is saying this, the camera is focused on the back of his neck, which is marked by a Kaposi's sarcoma legion, thble sisble signifier of the body of AIDS. With the camera focused on the lesion, and Beckett saying "every problem has a solution," the scene immediately cuts to another hospital scene; only now it Miller (The lawyer who will take the case--Denzel washington) witnessing the birth of his child. Ind eed, every problem has a solution. Its obvious what the solution to AIDS in Philadelphia is: heterosexuality, monogamy, and the maintenance of the nuclear family. Examples like this abound. When ever there is an anxiety producing momen t caused by the presence of the queer body?AIDS body , the scene switches to affirm more traditonal sexualities. Think also of the Maria Callas scence, and you can begin to see the ways in which the representation of homosexuality and AIDS is continually underminded in this way.This anxiety producing moment for Miller (never mind Beckett ) results in him running to the arms of his wife, as the same Callas ari a reaches a cresendo. Kyle, McGill University, Montreal