Grey's Anatomy (2005)Sometime during last quarter, one of my officemates asked shyly, "Do you watch Grey's Anatomy?" I didn't. I don't really watch any TV. But, I also have to admit that I'd dismissed the program without having seen even a preview. It seemed like another incarnation of ER, which I didn't watch either. Plus, I have Scrubs on my Netflix and I really like it, and thought that Grey's Anatomy might just be a schmaltzy version of that. My officemate continued, "I own the DVD, if you'd like to borrow it...It's really good." I tried to offer the excuse, "I shouldn't borrow it...it might be months before you get it back." "Oh, it's OK, I've seen it already. Just try it," she insisted. The DVD stayed in my desk drawer for a few weeks, but I did bring it home, thinking, I'd watch it while grading papers or similar. I watched the first episode while folding clothes earlier this week. As far as medical dramas go, it seems to fall somewhere between ER and Scrubs. But more than that, with its what I think are probably stock TV characters and its 98% predictable scenarios, it's actually a telenovela! Once I realized that, I got on board, forgiving the full-circle Sex and the City- style narration of the beginning and end of each episode and the romantic angle bien trillado. I was also able to stop concentrating on the lack of multi-generational representation in the program and just let myself get caught up in the drama. The "intern years as competition" emphasis probably worked well for young audiences accustomed to "reality" TV, I think. But it was the moment in which the protagonista advocates cooperation above competition that made me decide to continue watching. OK, that and some manipulation (¿?) of sentiments...
En fin, it did what a good telenovela should.
No comments:
Post a Comment