Perhaps the good news is that we don’t really have to understand these stories from the perspective of the characters’ sexual orientation, even though that facet features prominently considering the context surrounding them. And while Kit faced his bleak prognosis with the same good humor he approached every day, he never seemed to get the upper hand on his cancer, and after a tough battle, he passed away in February 2015. I, however, sucked it up because of a good friend of mine told me to trust her, and frankly I was too invested .

Spoiler Alert is a tender, sweet, occasionally silly story with familiar structural bones balanced by Parsons and Aldridge’s rock-steady and deeply empathetic performances.Focus Features has announced the theatrical release dates for their upcoming film Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies. Some challenges were common—dealing with infidelity, financial independence, Kit's marijuana habit, Michael's emotional insecurities—and some were a little less so: Michael's, umm, obsession with all things Smurf, and Kit's prodigious collection of sex toys. The film is certainly effective as far as that goes, but it is far from perfect, even in that regard. Jim Parsons said, “I flew through it, even while literally sobbing at too many moments to count (don’t let that scare you—it’s unbelievably uplifting, too). While most of the book focuses on the present-day: learning about Kit's shocking diagnosis, how that affects couple, and ultimately leading up to his death.

Michael helped Kit to come out to his parents, which is one of the funniest, most charming scenes in the movie.After losing his parents at a relatively young age and then to watch his boyfriend, and later husband, slowly die from cancer is more than anyone should have to endure. Three years later, he joined Jay Penske’s expanding media empire as founder and editor-in-chief of TVLine. The emotional story is set to have a limited release in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco on December 2, with a greater domestic release set to occur on December 9, and a worldwide release on December 16. They met just after 9/11 at the recently closed Webster Hall during Ausiello’s first social outing after the attack. You might brace for the tear-jerking cancer grief porn that’s become its own genre of pop culture, and, yes, my god, will you cry.