Pretty soon after, their parents move in with them, and Julia Sweeny does a great job of immitating her mother in such a way that we laugh, but also recognize the truth in her recreation.Some of what Julia discusses is terribly upsetting like when her brother has to have a spiget-like thing installed in his head so they can get the medicine directly into his cranium. This show/movie, "God Said Ha!", is basically the story of how her brother got cancer (lymphoma) and moved in with her, so she could take care of him. Then there's deeper humor, that can be funny on the surface, but has something deeper beneath it: The Cohen Brothers, Being John Malkovich, Catch-22, George Carlin.you get the idea.Julia Sweeny's one-woman-show-turned-movie (produced by Quentin Tarantino) is that second type of humor deeper, and funny in a way that not only makes you smile on the outside but (pardon the cheesiness) also smile on the inside. There's surface humor: that's slapstick, the Farrely brothers, Jim Carrey (most of the time), Airplane!, and Carrottop. There's two types of humor, in my opinion. We were also lucky enough to be invited to the premiere of her 'Pat' movie, as well as a reading from the book by Sweeney herself. It's very easy to get into and read in almost one sitting. The book also touches on her parents, who are told about in a truly hysterical way. The same kind of cancer that claimed the life of Sweeney's SNL peer Gilda Radner. Then, in a horrib e twist of fate, Julia learns that she has cervical cancer. He moved in and she took care of him, while maintaining her sucessful career. The book deals with her brother Michael's bout of cancer. The real beauty of the book, and Sweeney's wonderful writing, is that the book can be heartbreaking AND funny at the same time. One minte it's funny, the next is heartbreaking and touching. The book is about Sweeney's life, and her struggles. Julia Sweeney's God Said Ha! is a marvel of a book.
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