Topic: Lyme mentioned on the show "Hot in Cleveland"
BackinStOlaf
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I don't know if anyone saw the first episode but one of the characters plays a washed up soap opera actress.
She says something to the effect of her being a great actress, especially when her character was suffering with a bout of Lyme disease.
They made it sound like a joke. The audience laughed..they made it sound like Lyme is not serious so it was funny that her character suffered with a bout of Lyme.
I don't think I am explaining this well but it really bothered me.
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BackinStOlaf
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Found the transcript
All passengers and flight attendants please take your seats and fasten your seat belts. 00:22:58 [screaming] - I knew something like this would happen.
00:23:03 All the great ones go down in planes.
00:23:06 - We've been cleared for an emergency landing.
00:23:08 Please remain calm.
00:23:09 [screaming] - My god!
00:23:13 All I cared about was being successful, and now I'm gonna die and I never got married or had children!
00:23:18 - And I never won a daytime emmy!
00:23:21 Not even the season I so courageously battled lyme disease!
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Carol in PA
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quote:Originally posted by BackinStOlaf: All I cared about was being successful, and now I'm gonna die and I never got married or had children!
And I never won a daytime emmy! Not even the season I so courageously battled lyme disease!
Yeah, it would not have been as funny if she had said, "Not even the season I courageously battled cancer."
People don't see these diseases as serious unless they have it themselves. How could they understand?
I doubt the writers have Lyme...either they wouldn't be able to keep up with the demands of working, or their brain would be mush.
I guess this is one of those things you'll just have to let "roll off your back."
Carol
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