I don't have Showtime—I've always been an HBO guy—but even if I had it I wouldn't watch the new Laura Linney show, The Big 'C'. I don't object to the idea of the show or to the plot (imdb.com's offering: "A suburban mom, diagnosed with cancer, tries to find the humor in the disease"), but I do object to the show on a couple grounds.
One, it's a half-hour show. Half-hour equals sitcom. Half hour equals everything always works out in 23 minutes. They just couldn't find the programming space to give the subject a full hour?
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I wanna be the match
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Faking cancer means big bucks for young Canadian woman
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Twitter in the OR
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I spent $93,000 and all I got was this lousy legacy
Hey you, does the high cost of health care in America piss you off?
Do you wonder why it's so f&$king expe... Read Ross' Cancer Blog Submitted on Wed, 08/04/2010 - 23:17. Comments - 0
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