Dying for Sex TV review — Michelle Williams is uninhibited in wry musing on mortality

‘Dying for Sex’ Is a Moving Portrait of Death and Desire

Michelle Williams and Jenny Slate give terrific performances in FX’s heartfelt dramedy.

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Dying for Sex TV review — Michelle Williams is uninhibited in wry musing on mortality

A woman diagnosed with cancer leaves her husband to seek sexual satisfaction in poignant Disney/Hulu comedy-drama

‘Dying for Sex’ Review: Cancer Sucks, But Sex Doesn’t Have To

Death is not a particularly sexy or beautiful ordeal, especially when brought on by a terminal illness. Sterile hospital rooms, shapeless gowns and reams of paperwork tend to put a damper on things, not to mention bodily pain. But of course, even in a time that seems defined by doom and gloom, pain is not all there is. Instead, there might be peace, nostalgia, even new appreciation for the world—or, in the case of the new miniseries Dying for Se…

'Dying for Sex' Is the Raunchiest Show About Death Ever Made

The first thing Molly, the protagonist of the new FX dramedy Dying for Sex, does after learning she has incurable cancer is run to the bodega for a green plastic two-liter of generic diet soda. Then she lights up a menthol cigarette. Across the street, her husband Steve, who nursed Molly through her first fight with breast cancer a few years earlier, sits bewildered in the office of their couples therapist. When Molly’s oncologist called with th…

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