'All Wigged Out': A Musical Comedy and Cancer Survival Guide

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'All Wigged Out': A Musical Comedy and Cancer Survival Guide
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Grammy-Award-winning musicians Marcy Marxer and Cathy Fink turned Marxer's seven-year fight with breast cancer into a movie musical comedy, All Wigged Out, which follows her journey through diagnosis, treatment, and recovery. Marxer used humor to cope with her cancer and found a wider audience on social media, connecting with other patients and becoming a "chemo coach." The film includes musical numbers about the wig shop experience, unsolicited advice, and chemotherapy side effects. Fink, Marxer's partner in music and life, was recently diagnosed with breast cancer, and they plan to use humor to help them through her treatment.

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