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Anatomy of Lies Dissects Elisabeth Finch’s Grey’s Fabrications
The disgraced TV writer didn’t just blur the line between fiction and reality, she obliterated it.
While the ABC series certainly succumbs to certain tropes of the medical drama, it also prides itself on its ability to knock the wind out of viewers with developments they can’t possibly see coming, be it the sudden death of Dr. Derek Shepherd or that patient in season seven whose body was overrun with so many HPV warts that he looked like Groot. Prior to working at Grey’s,Finch, who had previously written for True Blood and The Vampire Diaries, penned a personal essay for Elle magazine about her struggle with chondrosarcoma, an aggressive form of bone cancer. As Anatomy of Lies recounts, Finch went to wild lengths to keep the ruse alive, shaving her head, taking puke breaks during the workday, and even sporting a fake port on her chest that would sometimes peek out when she was wearing tops with a wide neck.
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