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Before this all began,
before all the tumour stuff, I had began drawing more,
but not to this extent. Yeah. I'm still learning. And this is automatically
queuing you into the fact that what you're going to get is some
kind of bad taste, gross-out humour. And I was like,
"OK, I can use this as a vehicle "to present it as something
that's funny." I have had an
Oligodendroglioma, a malignant incurable brain
tumour, for ten years, which is what I was told
when I was first diagnosed the average life expectancy I
would have
before all the tumour stuff, I had began drawing more,
but not to this extent. Yeah. I'm still learning. And this is automatically
queuing you into the fact that what you're going to get is some
kind of bad taste, gross-out humour. And I was like,
"OK, I can use this as a vehicle "to present it as something
that's funny." I have had an
Oligodendroglioma, a malignant incurable brain
tumour, for ten years, which is what I was told
when I was first diagnosed the average life expectancy I
would have
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Before this all began,
before all the tumour stuff,
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I had began drawing more,
but not to this extent.
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Yeah.
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I'm still learning.
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And this is automatically
queuing you into the fact that
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what you're going to get is some
kind of bad taste, gross-out humour.
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And I was like,
"OK, I can use this as a vehicle
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"to present it as something
that's funny."
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I have had an
Oligodendroglioma,
00:00:31.008 --> 00:00:35.016
a malignant incurable brain
tumour, for ten years,
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which is what I was told
when I was first diagnosed
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the average life expectancy I
would have.
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Movie Summary
An uplifting documentary about coping with inoperable cancer may sound unlikely, but here it is. Gordon was diagnosed eight years ago and began using the medium of queer comic books to confront his feelings and fears. He employs humour to get to the heart of taboos surrounding death and disease, weaving many of the wonderful carers and nurses he meets into his expressively illustrated world. Sage, sweet, and stimulating, it is also a long-distance love story between Edinburgh and Virginia, USA. We could all learn a thing or two about love, life – and death – from Gordon.
