Hospital Dramas
Theresa and I focused our PowerPoint on Hospital dramas, specifically Grey's Anatomy and ER.
Some of the characteristics of these shows:
They are fast paced, with constantly switching storylines and rare slow momments. This is done to mimic the feeling of life and death situations, which is what these doctors often deal with.
They usually have two interesting cases that the doctors are invested in and two life situations that the doctors are agonizing over, usually of a romantic/relationship nature. These intersect in interesting ways, for example, a patient might say something that gives the doctor an idea or reveals a step that the doctors also needs to take in their own lives.
Grey's Anatomy is set in three spaces, the promary space is the hospital, and the two secondary spaces are the house that many of the interns share and the bar, where all the doctors go after work to relax. ER is set primarily in the hospital, the alley where the doctors smoke and occasionally in the homes of the various doctors.
The language is a mixture of medical jargon and everyday language. Grey's Anatomy has some teenager-y language such as "seriously!" which they sprinkle throughout their conversations.
They are fun shows and ER has proved to be quite popular for many years. Grey's Anatomy is currently quite popular and may continue to be for some time.
Some of the characteristics of these shows:
They are fast paced, with constantly switching storylines and rare slow momments. This is done to mimic the feeling of life and death situations, which is what these doctors often deal with.
They usually have two interesting cases that the doctors are invested in and two life situations that the doctors are agonizing over, usually of a romantic/relationship nature. These intersect in interesting ways, for example, a patient might say something that gives the doctor an idea or reveals a step that the doctors also needs to take in their own lives.
Grey's Anatomy is set in three spaces, the promary space is the hospital, and the two secondary spaces are the house that many of the interns share and the bar, where all the doctors go after work to relax. ER is set primarily in the hospital, the alley where the doctors smoke and occasionally in the homes of the various doctors.
The language is a mixture of medical jargon and everyday language. Grey's Anatomy has some teenager-y language such as "seriously!" which they sprinkle throughout their conversations.
They are fun shows and ER has proved to be quite popular for many years. Grey's Anatomy is currently quite popular and may continue to be for some time.
posted by Jennifer | 8:36 PM
1 Comments:
Another thing I noticed after we did our presentation was that hospital dramas include actors/characters of various races/ethnicities. Both "Grey's Anatomy" and "ER" have casts made up of white and black people. There are also Asian and Indian people.
One thing you don't see a lot of is patients who are professionals. Oftentimes the patients have come to the ER because of their blue-collar lifestyle/habits: smoking, waiting tables, etc.
Very interesting analysis Jennifer.
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