Watched The Big Sick (dir. Michael Showalter/ 2017)  

Points of Discussion: 

• The Sick Girl Trope 

• How is this film a love story on many levels? 

• Traditions

References:

• The Sick Girl Trope, Explained (The Take Youtube Channel)

• The Big Sick – the year’s most likably unlikely romcom (The Guardian article by Mark Kermode/ 2017)