Have you noticed how much cancer is making it into tv and movies lately? I think its great because its seems to point to how many people are acknowledging that cancer is a part of their lives, that its more of a chronic, survivable problem than a death sentence…The new season of Nip/Tuck (which can be viewed gratis on? hulu.com) has a breast cancer plot line running through it with one of the main characters followed from diagnosis through treatment and after. There are so many great things about this.? Christian Troy, the best looking and most sexual character on the show is the prototypical asshole. He uses women mainly for sex and is a self-centered, narsaccist. ? His diagnosis of breast cancer, on the heels of a female friend’s relief at the news of not having it, is a surprise. It conveys how a cancer diagnosis is a surprise-the ‘I cant believe this is happening to me’ is for the viewer a sort of ‘I cant believe the writers gave this character cancer.’ ? ? Then there are these things-shame, fear, isolation, dependency, self-consciousness that this character experiences-and continues to in a real but not stereotypical way. The episode where he goes to a support group is amazing. I could go on and on…?

And then there’s this:Funny People? ? Looks good from the trailer, although the poster sucks.