These comedies were not the first of Amazon Prime Video’s original shows to garner critical and award attention. Maisel kicked up a TV awards storm the year before. Will season 3 shoot it even higher? The Marvelous Mrs. While The Boys commanded our attention in 2019, the series has jumped higher on our list with its season 2 release. See everything new on Prime and Freevee in April 2023.įirst, let’s talk about the streamer’s major tentpoles, which you’ll see well represented in our list. Looking for the best TV shows on Amazon’s Prime Video? We’ve got you covered with our guide to the best Amazon Prime Video original series and shows. It’s the story of a punk rocker who fought his way through the mosh pit of cancer hell and got back up on the stage.(Photo by Amazon Prime Video) The Best Amazon Prime Video TV Shows (May 2023) This isn’t a literary work of genius, but it doesn’t need to be. It is the same moon in both places, Nat said. One night when Nat was on the road and Rob was stuck in the hospital, Nat urged Rob to look out at the moon. In the end, Rufus got through his trials through his own grit, the staunch love and support of his parents, a close, small network of friends, a caring team of doctors that actually appreciated his ‘punkness’ and that unbreakable, unknowable bond that twins always seem to share. It is hard for me to imagine being that magnanimous NOW if I were in a similar situation much less at the self-centered, self-righteous age of seventeen. As Rufus lost his hair, weight, organs and puked at least a million times, his brother – his identical twin - got buff, honed his music skills, toured with their idols and had girl groupies. The one person he truly found common ground with was the janitor who cleaned his room.Īnd as Rob underwent the horrific chemo treatments necessary to save his life, his brother and the band headed out on the Warped Tour.
He was far from a child, though, and his stories of the pediatric cancer ward in Columbus are told from the perspective of a man-boy suffering from teenage angst, but with one foot in the adult world.
Rufus was seventeen at the time of diagnosis, so still legally a minor. What sets his story apart, I think, is his age.
Rufus tells his cancer story in such a gruesome and heartbreaking manner, the book is simultaneously hard to read and tough to put down. Once properly diagnosed, Rufus began treatment in Columbus Children’s hospital hours away from home. Rufus’ experiences with the local ER shed light both on the inadequacies of medical care in smaller locales in the country as well as the prejudices that go beyond the color of one’s skin. The band was gaining traction, Rob was dating a hot cheerleader, and things were on the upswing for the Rufus twins except for the nagging cough Rob couldn’t shake.
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