NYTimes.com: OVER her crevettes Marseillaise, the author and blogger Jen Singer is telling me about the tumor she had in her left lung. “It was the size of a softball,” she says.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Cancer Survivors See the Play ‘Wit’
NYTimes.com: OVER her crevettes Marseillaise, the author and blogger Jen Singer is telling me about the tumor she had in her left lung. “It was the size of a softball,” she says.
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This was a kind of depressing article to read. I was glad that these two women bonded over their cancer by going to a show about cancer patients, but it made me sad to think about all the people who have to go through that. I lost both my grandparents to cancer and have known many others with it. I have seen what a terrible disease it can be. I was actually tested for it myself just a month ago. Luckily, my test was negative but the possibility of it has still changed my life. I think this disease touches all of us some time or another. Bringing it to a broadway show is a good thing and will hopefully make more people aware of the effects this horrible disease can have. I wish I could see it myself.
You know theatre is doing it's job when you can replicate real life situations so accurately that even people who have been through the agonizing process can walk away from the show knowing exactly how the character felt and feel like they've been brought so much closer to people who have been through the same thing. I think these two women are extremely brave for knowingly putting themselves in a situation where they come face to face with the issue that put their own lives in danger all those years ago.
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