Oh my god! I haven't posted in a long time, but I just had to post again. I'm watching the premier of Grey's Anatomy -- any of you see this?? (new show on ABC)
The Doctor, after being questioned by a nurse says, "I'm just a resident, but you take 4 years of medical school, and let me know if I'm right." (Did I quote it right?)
Then, as he walks away he says, "I hate nurses."
Then, he walks up to a female resident and mistakenly calls her a nurse and she responds, with anger and indignation, "Did you just call me a nurse?" As though it were a racial slur!
I mean, nurses have historically been marginalized in many mass media outlets, but this is amazing!!
Interesting that the only times nurses had a major role on "Grey's," the following plot lines were:
1. A tragic, dying nurse;
2. A nurse who gives one of the interns syphillis, and is subsequently referred to as "Typhoid Mary."
I understand that this show is about the interns' lives. I don't have a problem with the show focusing on that. I wouldn't even have a problem if there were no references to nurses at all. I do have a problem with nearly every reference to nurses being derogatory, however. It's almost like the writers go out of their way to be insulting. Then there's the juvenile "Nurse's Blog" on the fan site.
Interesting that the only times nurses had a major role on "Grey's," the following plot lines were:
1. A tragic, dying nurse;
2. A nurse who gives one of the interns syphillis, and is subsequently referred to as "Typhoid Mary."
I understand that this show is about the interns' lives. I don't have a problem with the show focusing on that. I wouldn't even have a problem if there were no references to nurses at all. Ido have a problem with nearly every reference to nurses being derogatory, however. It's almost like the writers go out of their way to be insulting. Then there's the juvenile "Nurse's Blog" on the fan site.
ITA. This is my problem with this show and many others as well. I don't understand why this is happening either...is it because every group must have a scapegoat and nurses are it for the medical field? GRRR.
I finally saw the episode too - the nurse was right and the intern was wrong and got upbraided about it in front of lots of people . .
The other thing I noticed is that even with all the letters of complaint and the above article, the scene was NOT changed in the rerun to placate nurse viewers.
steph
Quite franky, if I was the producer of the show, I wouldn't have changed it either. There was no reason to. Afterall, the bad guy in this case was punished for what he did.
The intern is literally humilitated in front of everybody for not knowing about the case ... and not knowing what to do ... which is what the nurse was trying to tell him in the first place.
Why nurses would be upset about this is beyond me.
Interesting that the only times nurses had a major role on "Grey's," the following plot lines were:
1. A tragic, dying nurse;
2. A nurse who gives one of the interns syphillis, and is subsequently referred to as "Typhoid Mary."
I understand that this show is about the interns' lives. I don't have a problem with the show focusing on that. I wouldn't even have a problem if there were no references to nurses at all. I do have a problem with nearly every reference to nurses being derogatory, however. It's almost like the writers go out of their way to be insulting. Then there's the juvenile "Nurse's Blog" on the fan site.
I didn't see the syphillis episode, but I did see the dying nurse episode.
The dying nurse is treated with upmost respect. Everybody in the hospital loves her and goes out of their way to say hello and see how she's doing. Even though she didn't work in the hospital anymore she went there to die because it was like her second home after working there for so many years. They bend the rules so she can die there because that's her wish.
Why on earth is that derogatory? Again ... I really don't see a problem here.
Oh my god! I haven't posted in a long time, but I just had to post again. I'm watching the premier of Grey's Anatomy -- any of you see this?? (new show on ABC)
The Doctor, after being questioned by a nurse says, "I'm just a resident, but you take 4 years of medical school, and let me know if I'm right." (Did I quote it right?)
Then, as he walks away he says, "I hate nurses."
Then, he walks up to a female resident and mistakenly calls her a nurse and she responds, with anger and indignation, "Did you just call me a nurse?" As though it were a racial slur!
I mean, nurses have historically been marginalized in many mass media outlets, but this is amazing!!
yes, BUT the nurse ended up being RIGHT!!!!! :chuckle
In addition, i believe they were trying to show that female doctors get less respect than male doctors. Had i gone to med school and been called a nurse, I'd be offended, too.
They are showing that this guy's a male chauvenist....
fab4fan
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Interesting that the only times nurses had a major role on "Grey's," the following plot lines were:
1. A tragic, dying nurse;
2. A nurse who gives one of the interns syphillis, and is subsequently referred to as "Typhoid Mary."
I understand that this show is about the interns' lives. I don't have a problem with the show focusing on that. I wouldn't even have a problem if there were no references to nurses at all. I do have a problem with nearly every reference to nurses being derogatory, however. It's almost like the writers go out of their way to be insulting. Then there's the juvenile "Nurse's Blog" on the fan site.