A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center of New York City
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center of New York City is a dark comedy play by Halley Feiffer that explores grief, illness, and unlikely connection through sharp, irreverent humor.
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Target entity: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center of New York City Context triple: [Halley Feiffer, notableWork, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center of New York City]
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The Cancer Journals
The Cancer Journals is Audre Lorde’s groundbreaking collection of essays and reflections that intertwines her personal experience with breast cancer with feminist, queer, and anti-racist critique.
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Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania
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Cancer Ward
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The Doctor’s Visit
"The Doctor’s Visit" is a finely detailed 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Frans van Mieris the Elder, depicting an intimate domestic scene involving a physician and his patient.
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The Doctor’s Visit
The Doctor’s Visit is a painting by Victorian artist Samuel Luke Fildes that poignantly depicts a physician attentively watching over a sick child in a modest home, highlighting themes of compassion and medical dedication.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center of New York City Target entity description: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center of New York City is a dark comedy play by Halley Feiffer that explores grief, illness, and unlikely connection through sharp, irreverent humor.
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A.
The Cancer Journals
The Cancer Journals is Audre Lorde’s groundbreaking collection of essays and reflections that intertwines her personal experience with breast cancer with feminist, queer, and anti-racist critique.
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B.
Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania
Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania is the faculty practice plan and outpatient clinical arm of Penn Medicine, providing patient care across a wide range of specialties in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania’s health system.
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C.
Cancer Ward
Cancer Ward is a semi-autobiographical novel by Alexander Solzhenitsyn that portrays life in a Soviet cancer hospital as an allegory for the moral and political sickness of Stalinist society.
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D.
The Doctor’s Visit
"The Doctor’s Visit" is a finely detailed 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Frans van Mieris the Elder, depicting an intimate domestic scene involving a physician and his patient.
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E.
The Doctor’s Visit
The Doctor’s Visit is a painting by Victorian artist Samuel Luke Fildes that poignantly depicts a physician attentively watching over a sick child in a modest home, highlighting themes of compassion and medical dedication.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
play
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stage work ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit
NERFINISHED
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Halley Feiffer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| exploresTheme |
coping with terminal illness
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forgiveness ⓘ guilt ⓘ parent–child relationships ⓘ unlikely connection ⓘ use of humor in the face of tragedy ⓘ |
| firstProducedAt | MCC Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstProductionCity | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstProductionLocation | Off-Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
dark comedy ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Don
NERFINISHED
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Georgette NERFINISHED ⓘ Karla NERFINISHED ⓘ Marcie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
naturalistic dialogue
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raunchy humor ⓘ |
| hasTitleType | full-length title ⓘ |
| hasTone |
irreverent
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sharp humor ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | adult ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
cancer
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death ⓘ family dynamics ⓘ grief ⓘ human relationships ⓘ illness ⓘ |
| medium | theatre ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 1 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publisher | Dramatists Play Service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
NERFINISHED
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New York City ⓘ hospital room ⓘ |
| structure | one-act play ⓘ |
| subjectOf | theatrical reviews ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | contemporary era ⓘ |
| writer | Halley Feiffer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center of New York City Description of subject: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center of New York City is a dark comedy play by Halley Feiffer that explores grief, illness, and unlikely connection through sharp, irreverent humor.
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