Crocky and I do watch that show and we used to love it, too. I have a fierce crush on Cristina and Bailey. Still, it seems as there is something in TV that makes series return to the status quo that has a force not unlike gravity.
Spoilers for season six below, tread carefully.
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Six seaons in, and who's in charge of the hospital? A white man. Who's an alcoholic? The only black man left on the show, the other having conveniently disappeared (though I know the reason for the decision, he's been replaced by two white people). Bailey is reduced to either fussing over the white kids she nursed into doctors or fussing over her budding romance, the bisexual in the show (she slept with Mark to test the waters, remember? I loved that! Bisexuals on telly! Who'd have thought!), Cristina is in a relationship that is horribly unhealthy. Again. Most women - yes, even Cristina, to a certain degree - seem to be a LOT more invested in their relationships than the male characters, who makes plot-relevant decisions is gender- and racially biased, etc., etc.
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This series, race- and gender-wise, is like watching someone throw a ball. It rises and rises and then curves and crashes right back to the ground. Or so I fear. I really hope that it goes back to sensible at some point.
Still, it has so many great characters and does make me laugh. I like watching it, but what they've done to Bailey and Cristina has really thrown me. :(
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Spoilers for season six below, tread carefully.
--- SPOILERS ---
Six seaons in, and who's in charge of the hospital? A white man. Who's an alcoholic? The only black man left on the show, the other having conveniently disappeared (though I know the reason for the decision, he's been replaced by two white people). Bailey is reduced to either fussing over the white kids she nursed into doctors or fussing over her budding romance, the bisexual in the show (she slept with Mark to test the waters, remember? I loved that! Bisexuals on telly! Who'd have thought!), Cristina is in a relationship that is horribly unhealthy. Again. Most women - yes, even Cristina, to a certain degree - seem to be a LOT more invested in their relationships than the male characters, who makes plot-relevant decisions is gender- and racially biased, etc., etc.
--- END SPOILERS ---
This series, race- and gender-wise, is like watching someone throw a ball. It rises and rises and then curves and crashes right back to the ground. Or so I fear. I really hope that it goes back to sensible at some point.
Still, it has so many great characters and does make me laugh. I like watching it, but what they've done to Bailey and Cristina has really thrown me. :(