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- Deborah Astley
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- "Everything is Relative"
- Summary: A humorous personal essay about growing older
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Review of Everything is Relative
Deborah Astley
Posted on October 25, 2006 at 06:15 AM
All baby boomers are clutching at the last vestiges of youth, and we are only kidding ourselves if we deny it. Judah has written a frank, concise yet layered piece about facing his own mortality and, yes, his vanity. He has superficial malignant melanoma. "Isn't that redundant? Isn't all melanoma malignant," he asks. Clever use of words contrast the feelings of the individual with the remoteness of the medical profession as he gets lost in its terminology. For those listeners who have ever faced the uncertainty of whether one does or does not have cancer, this piece will bring it all home to them again. For listeners who have never experienced this singular event, this piece will shed light on the uncertainity an individual feels when hearing that single word "malignant." This piece would work well around the health segments; it would also work well during May which is Skin Cancer Awareness month.