Ode to Scrubs
The TV show, not the clothing- although I may write a separate blog post about how much I love that too.
That show was supposed to have ended last year with their seventh season. Actually they've been threatening finales for a while now. But I just discovered that there is an eighth season and that there will eventually be a ninth and then a spin-off. So I borrowed Season 8 and watched about ten episodes-- in a row, yesterday. And they still make me laugh. What I really appreaciate is that Scrubs is a very realistic portrayal of hospital life and the interactions between doctors and patients. (Aside from the random interludes where the entire cast breaks into song---) It's much more realistic than any of the medical drama shows like E.R., Grey's Anatomy, or *shudder* House.
House makes me want to break my TV, actually. Is there a single patient that leaves that horror hospital without getting a brain biopsy? Or about half-a-dozen other reasons to sue the ass off Dr. House (and revoke his license?)
I get artistic license and all that but really it's like watching medicine being practiced on some other planet-- on a weird sadistic planet where a drug-addict is God.
If it wasn't for the great writing and (I admit) great central character (House rocks, even while pissing everyone off) I would never have stuck with that series as long as I did. Also House's character was based on Sherlock Holmes... so, you know... couldn't help myself.
But I'll take Scrubs any day.
Looking forward to their next season.
On my reading list: Just finished Nick Hornby's Juliet, Naked. Which, despite the interesting title, is about an album and a washed-up musician, not a nude woman. (Both my daughters have been trying to figure out if Mommy's reading a smutty novel--- and more importantly, what's exactly in such a novel) So---nope, sorry to disappoint.
It's also about musical obsession-- and the shallow people who put artists on a pedestal. I really like Nick Hornby's writing. He has this dark, introspective comic style which I absolutely love. His characters are always vivid, the dialogue natural and easy. I don't think Juliet is his best work-- he'll have to work very hard to top A Long Way Down but I still highly recommend it.
That show was supposed to have ended last year with their seventh season. Actually they've been threatening finales for a while now. But I just discovered that there is an eighth season and that there will eventually be a ninth and then a spin-off. So I borrowed Season 8 and watched about ten episodes-- in a row, yesterday. And they still make me laugh. What I really appreaciate is that Scrubs is a very realistic portrayal of hospital life and the interactions between doctors and patients. (Aside from the random interludes where the entire cast breaks into song---) It's much more realistic than any of the medical drama shows like E.R., Grey's Anatomy, or *shudder* House.
House makes me want to break my TV, actually. Is there a single patient that leaves that horror hospital without getting a brain biopsy? Or about half-a-dozen other reasons to sue the ass off Dr. House (and revoke his license?)
I get artistic license and all that but really it's like watching medicine being practiced on some other planet-- on a weird sadistic planet where a drug-addict is God.
If it wasn't for the great writing and (I admit) great central character (House rocks, even while pissing everyone off) I would never have stuck with that series as long as I did. Also House's character was based on Sherlock Holmes... so, you know... couldn't help myself.
But I'll take Scrubs any day.
Looking forward to their next season.
On my reading list: Just finished Nick Hornby's Juliet, Naked. Which, despite the interesting title, is about an album and a washed-up musician, not a nude woman. (Both my daughters have been trying to figure out if Mommy's reading a smutty novel--- and more importantly, what's exactly in such a novel) So---nope, sorry to disappoint.
It's also about musical obsession-- and the shallow people who put artists on a pedestal. I really like Nick Hornby's writing. He has this dark, introspective comic style which I absolutely love. His characters are always vivid, the dialogue natural and easy. I don't think Juliet is his best work-- he'll have to work very hard to top A Long Way Down but I still highly recommend it.
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