It seems as though a lot of people are immediately shooting down the documentary as not only a fairytale, but a right-out insult to anyone who has dealt with cancer either first or second hand. If it were a scripted show, then maybe we could all pick at the artsy camera angles and playful, dreamy "main character", but there is no character and there is no script, it's all real. I can't see how it could have intended to make cancer a fanciful plot device: how could a true to life testimony even pull that off? It makes me sad that so much anger has sprung from it (does anyone else feel that most of the comments they've read have been negative?), and I'm really surprised so many people are angry at the title. From watching the documentary I would guess the title is there because it's abstract and catches you as you flick through the channels (I know thats the only reason I first flicked to TLC at 9!). It also plays into the theme that great tragedies can spur great revolutions in someones life, even though this obviously isn't always (or maybe usually) the case. Hers just happened to be one where it did.

Stellae,

I think the doubts and fears that most people have when told that they have cancer can eat away at you where you can't see the few small blessings having had cancer gives you- clarity to see what is real, what is important,inner strength, and a fight fought ultimately by yourself. Having the courage and ability to do that is amazing. That kind of learning and strenght is amazing, awesome, and yes, sexy.


Wendy
http://wendydelmo.typepad.com/one_day_at_a_time/

You know, I have to say....the ONLY reason I watched it was the title. I saw it on the guide and wondered what it was all about. I would have skimmed right past it otherwise!

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I was sort of surprised by the name of the program as well, but having cancer I realize the sexy part of it is so important because your life becomes all about the cancer and I forgot about sex or even the thought of it. Watching the CSC helped me to rethink why I'm refusing to date or even try to date. So today I'm going to email a friend I've basically dumped because I wanted to concentrate on getting well and nothing else. I now understand that living the way I am is allowing the cancer to control me and not the other way around. I was so pleased that they found love and got married to me it wasn't fairy tale, but a huge brave step on their futures. I loved the show it was honest, and I see no reason for people to be angry, unless the people who are angry are to afrain to venture that far into a relationship. Kudo to TLC we need more programming like this. Why should cancer have stopped everything in her life, it took alot of guts, to start a relationship and man that would be as scary as the cancer itself. I lost my best friend to a rare kidney cancer that killed her within six months I and her husband and his parents nursed her until the end, and it was so hard. Now I have cancer started in the chest and now in the liver, weird. But I know what to expect and watching the program has made me decide to live and I mean really live with the cancer as a side show.

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