Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine Sawbones Classic Double-Feature: A Medicine Called Christmas 1 & 2
Dec 24, 2024
Celebrate the season with a staged reading of a hilariously misguided Hallmark Christmas movie! Follow a young doctor in the charming village of Poinsettia Point as she navigates quirky holiday traditions. Enjoy comical misunderstandings as patients confuse festive treats with medical advice. Join absurd encounters during holiday dinner discussions and witness a chaotic pie event that critiques commercialization. Plus, catch a laugh-filled twist as Santa arrives injured, blending Easter traditions into the Christmas mix!
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Small-Town Swap Goes Spectacularly Wrong
- Tabitha Big City is sent from her prestigious New York practice to Poinsettia Point as part of a doctor exchange program and meets the town's quirky holiday devotees.
- She witnesses patients treating illnesses with Christmas rituals, like decorating and caroling, instead of medical care.
Candy Canes And Gingerbread As 'Treatment'
- Ms. Crimble seeks medical advice about how many candy canes to hang for a sore throat rather than clinical treatment.
- Mr. Frankson treats high blood pressure by obsessively building gingerbread structures and eating gingerbread instead of taking pills.
Holiday Rituals Mistaken For Medicine
- Poinsettia Point treats Christmas as a literal cure, not mere cheer, replacing evidence-based care with ritualized holiday practices.
- Tabitha sees this as a dangerous conflation of festivity with medicine that harms patients' health.