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Article: MY, BUT `MY LEFT BREAST' IS NARCISSISTIC BUT HUMOR BUOYS FLEET OF AFFLICTIONS.(Entertainment)(Review)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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- October 21, 1997
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``My Left Breast'' may well hold some kind of record for number of afflictions mentioned in a 65-minute one-person comedy/drama.
Of course, there's the breast cancer around which Susan Miller's show, now playing at the Group Theatre, revolves. Somewhat related are multiple bone fractures, osteoporosis, menopause and the death of a newborn.
More tangentially related are non-sensational neurosis, the common cold, panic attacks and occasional cocaine cravings. And relegated to supporting players are an assortment of (sometimes imaginary) afflictions that include gangrene, spinal menengitis, AIDS, a broken nose, bloody knees and kidney failure.
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