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A 1999 Pulitzer-Prize winning play by Margaret Edson that was later adapted to television by [[Mike Nichols]] and [[Emma Thompson]], ''Wit'' is about Vivian Bearing, an English professor who specializes in the metaphysical poetry of John Donne, who finds out she has an aggressive case of ovarian cancer. The story depicts her struggles with her illness and chemotherapy, as well as dealing with hospital bureaucracy. She spends much of the story [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|
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* [[Adult Fear]]: Dying from cancer is as adult as you can get.
* [[Arc Words]]: "Death thou shalt die". Also "soporific."
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* [[Insufferable Genius]]: Vivian displays shades of this in her flashbacks to her teaching days.
* [[The Intern]]: Jason.
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* [[Magical Negro]]: Susie comes close, both as a nurse who's almost too angelic, and as the one major character whose background isn't explored.
* [[Simple Score of Sadness]]: Arvo Part's "Spiegel im Spiegel". (Again.)
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