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Cancer Major 
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DISABILITY |
Cancer
Terminal |
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NOTES |
You have two
children. You have their mother and you have |
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their
stepmother. Both moms are ready to tear out each |
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other's
eyes. But the grim reaper has the edge. Because |
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mom has
cancer and it's terminal. Unfortunately it takes |
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around 2
hours for the scythe to descend. And a bit less than |
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that for the
two moms to patch up their differences, ostensibly |
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for the sake
of the children but really to keep the script |
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moving and
have a happy ending i.e. only one death. |
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In the real
world family members frequently don't speak to or |
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even see
each other for practically whole lifetimes. In the film |
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world they
have 90 to 120 minutes to get themselves sorted |
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and emerge
as better people. |
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We don't see
mom die, nor even look ill. And I thought death |
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bed scenes
were what actors craved. |
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This is a
variation on a wife dying with her finding a substitute |
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for husband
and children. In this case the substitute arrives |
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unannounced
and mum hates her. |
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Notes
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