‘As funny as cancer” is not a compliment. Fans of dark comedies should at least sample “Sick Note,” a new import series streaming on Netflix beginning today. Rupert Grint stars as an ambition-free man thrown for a loop by a diagnosis of terminal esophageal cancer.
Struck by how much nicer everybody treats him after his grim prognosis, he decides to keep the news to himself when his doctors declare him cancer-free. A curious supporting cast includes Don Johnson, and in the second season (also streaming as of today), Lindsay Lohan.
While the notion of a “cancer comedy” may seem outlandish, this isn’t even the first one to arrive this year. The CW tried to milk both melodrama and humor from “Life Sentence” just this spring. It was canceled after one season.
