Hospital Dramas on TV

[Grummer]

Hello,
Does anyone watch Hospital Dramas on television?

If so, what do series do you enjoy?

Chicago Hope
ER
House
The Green Wing
Grey's Anatomy
Nip/Tuck
Scrubs
Casualty
or what have you, (you can even say you like Dr Kildare from the 1960's)

Do you watch those with subtitles, how does watching these shows make you feel?

What is it that you enjoy about this kinds of Tv series? what is the addictive part? (vote on the poll if you wish, it would be interesting)

a little bit tricky to say here, but we as d/Deaf people, I'm wondering if the attraction to dramas on tv, brings you a feeling of inclusion with the (hearing) world? if so, in what way? I would bet we all might have different ideas on how we might feel about watching hospital dramas as a d/Deaf person... I hope I dont offend any of you, but I am quite curious. I enjoy Grey's Anatomy on a lot of levels, but also I sometimes gain an insight, even respect for doctors doing this sort of work, as they have to face hard emotional drawbacks time to time, particularily when losing a paitent when they feel they could have saved, and or for all the knowledge they seem to possess (indeed it is only TV) but it leave me in awe of their dedication to learn all this and apply it.

 

[Bottesini]

I have watched House and ER, and yes both with sub-titles. I am interested in the way different things are treated and learning about things I did not know.

 

[Jolie77]

I've enjoyed watching Grey's Anatomy and ER, not because of the drama that is portrayed on the TV but because of many different levels that are based with the ethics, doctor-patient relationship, learning new terminologies, and the drawbacks of how intense their profession could be.

I just started to watch HawthoRNe (with Jada Pinkett Smith in it) on TNT recently. It seems to be captivating and interesting. There was a recent episode about a teenage pregnant girl that was admitted in the hospital for delivering her baby. There were 2 other couples that came to the hospital in order to hope to adopt the teen's baby but it turns out that it was a scam because the teen only wanted the money. The father was not aware of the incident and in the end, the father was able to retain the custody of the baby. It was a whirlwind of chain-reaction event that led to see how the doctor's profession could be influenced with those legal-ties scenarios.

 

[MoonDrifter]

I've watched ER, House, Grey's Anatomy and Scrubs. So far, I think ER is more realistic than the others and the rest skews on humor. However, they all represent the intensity of communication in a social world that many of us are not a part of, which makes them interesting to watch.

 

[Fozzy]

First 3 seasons of ER after that it was redundit to me.

 

[Grummer]

thanks for your replies, hope there will be more as I am sure this will get quite interesting

 

[~*Kaelei*~]

I watch Grey's Anatomy.... and sometimes I watch House....

I like the drama, that's why I watch it... drama and action.

 

[Grummer]

First 3 seasons of ER after that it was redundit to me.

ah 3 seasons, did it lose something along the way?

aside from that do you think ER is the most realistic Tv depictions of Emergency Room chaos, or bit too action-ised i mean dramaticised?

 

[somedeafdudefromPNW]

Out of that list, I watch Scrubs and House.

However not for the reasons on the polls, but rather because of the comedy factor associated with Dr. Cox and the Janitor in Scrubs. For House, I was always a big fan of Hugh Laurie's sense of humour long before I saw House. His sense of humour is very much like mine. Now what I like about House itself, without Laurie, is the puzzle-solving aspect.

I just can't really get into medical drama shows at all. Although Mental grabbed my attention. Mediocre, but it is the whole psychology component that drew me in. I always have been a fan of psychiatry-based movies and shows because I like to figure out how the human mind works. This is why I can get military drama like Tour of Duty a lot easier than I can with medical drama.

Probably not the answer you are expecting, but it's out there on the table for you to see.

 

[VamPyroX]

There's a new series called Royal Pains. They just aired their 4th or 5th episode this week.

It's about this ER doctor who is fired from his job for choosing to help a dying teenager over a billionaire who dies after being stabilized from a recent surgery. A month later, he is invited to a posh party in the Hamptons... where he saves the life of a supermodel. From that point on, he becomes a highly referred house doctor for those who live in the upper class.

I saw one episode last week and thought it was good.

 

[Grummer]

Great to get some replies. I should to get to see Royal Pains sometime - i wouldn't imagine it to be in New Zealand anytime soon, anyway...

Have any of you thought of explaining what is like to be d/Deaf watching these hospital dramas, put differently does it reassures you as a 'normal' person in such a way that viewing these shows provides you an escape from the existence of being a d/Deaf person and perhaps even use it as an oppurtunity to pretend to be one of the doctors/nurses in the series, or perhaps identifying with the characters or settings?
So you find hospital depicted as nurturing caring or hostile environment?
how do you find the depiction of deaf or Deaf or hard of hearing paitents fairly accurate or not ? why not or why you think so
also lastly do you find the knowleges of medical terms and practice depicted to be empowering? (as so you learn something or already knows but also see difficult ethical dilemmas as very intellectually inviting? Or does certain characters/stars attractive giving appeal to the show worthy to watch or perhaps what about environmen cleaniness and ordered? or bloody and infested in the midst of chaos?

Lastly, when watching hospital dramas do you find it imperative to have subtitles on for the contents to be fulfilled with proper access to script dialogue?

sorry for a long babble of questions with so many 'or's , you see I am hoping to gauge some connections of similarities of how we all as d/Deaf Tv viewers (using subtitles) experience when watching hospital dramas.
The main findings that I hope to gather for my television studies assignment.
Which are; A) how important for us to use subtitles, how does it enable us to connect with lofty medical terms and diagnosis made in the scenes as well as the complex (and interesting?) interaction between staffs which often cross over the boundary work and social. B) Does watching hospital drama makes you temporary as a superior individual as 'borrowed' god-like watching over the doctors' prognosis and diagnosis? C) does the realness of medical mishaps and tension in saving a life makes for dramatic escapism superior to action / conventional dramas? put in another way, does viewing something morbid seem to give 'balance' in TV watching, as opposed to sanitisied entertainment as where perfectionism is thrown out for instance, displays of luxuary items becomes less important, or indeed more important/emphasied in "Nip and Tuck" series where the dramas surround cosmetics sugery of the wealthy?
NB; As for word, sanitisied- I'm spelling correctly, we use 's' instead of 'z'
I hope you dont mind me asking all this, as there seem to be void of scholarly material at hand to support what I might write about why I enjoy these show in the essay, but at same time i dont wish to write 'for myself /about myself" Id like to try demonstrate how d/Deaf people might find hospital dramas appealing.
Many thanks in advance and hoping you will enjoy this thread as much as I do.
Cheers

 

[Grummer]

please check out the new thread titled "Why do Deaf people watch Hospital dramas on TV" many thanks

but if you wish to contribute to "what hossy dramas' you watch feel free to do it here, but the 'why' thread should be more interesting

 

[sara1981]

i watch show of Grey's Anatomy all the times and when i was young i watch chicago hope.

my mom is nurse

 

[KarissaMann05]

Wow. That's so many questions in two of your threads, Grum!

Mm ... I prefer Doctors since it is a new show. It's more interesting how the human body work, illness informations, historical stuff, and much more.

It's just me and my gut.

And, I'll do my best to answer some of your questions, dude. I'm now typing to respond your questions.

 

[KarissaMann05]

Wow. That's so many questions in two of your threads, Grum!

EDIT: Never mind. I realized your questions are the same in both threads. My bad.
Mm ... I prefer Doctors since it is a new show. It's more interesting how the human body work, illness informations, historical stuff, and much more.

It's just me and my gut.

And, I'll do my best to answer some of your questions, dude. I'm now typing to respond your questions.

Have any of you thought of explaining what is like to be d/Deaf watching these hospital dramas, put differently does it reassures you as a 'normal' person in such a way that viewing these shows provides you an escape from the existence of being a d/Deaf person and perhaps even use it as an oppurtunity to pretend to be one of the doctors/nurses in the series, or perhaps identifying with the characters or settings?

Yeah ... I can imagine that. :P A few characters from E.R. and CSI: Miami that I could relate. Sometimes, I tried to imagine how and/or what I feel if I were in a position of what character is in a such situation. It's really interesting!

But I don't consider myself to escape my deafness. Only I could feel and imagine if I were in any situation.

So you find hospital depicted as nurturing caring or hostile environment?

Somewhat, yes.

how do you find the depiction of deaf or Deaf or hard of hearing paitents fairly accurate or not ? why not or why you think so?

Well, mostly, no. I think it would be nice if Hollywood stop stereotyping Deaf, deaf, and HOH people. That is a main reason of why I, somewhat, am not interested in those hospital drama shows. Rather disappointed... =/

Lastly, when watching hospital dramas do you find it imperative to have subtitles on for the contents to be fulfilled with proper access to script dialogue?

Yeah, sometimes. It's also important.


Which are;

A) how important for us to use subtitles, how does it enable us to connect with lofty medical terms and diagnosis made in the scenes as well as the complex (and interesting?) interaction between staffs which often cross over the boundary work and social.

B) Does watching hospital drama makes you temporary as a superior individual as 'borrowed' god-like watching over the doctors' prognosis and diagnosis?

No. I never thought of that.

C) does the realness of medical mishaps and tension in saving a life makes for dramatic escapism superior to action / conventional dramas? put in another way, does viewing something morbid seem to give 'balance' in TV watching, as opposed to sanitisied entertainment as where perfectionism is thrown out for instance, displays of luxuary items becomes less important, or indeed more important/emphasied in "Nip and Tuck" series where the dramas surround cosmetics sugery of the wealthy?[/b]

I don't know. I don't really think of that way. I enjoyed a several shows, so I now am more interested in the Doctors show.

I choose "A" option cos it's learning for knowledge. I always read human biology and health, too.

NB; As for word, sanitisied- I'm spelling correctly, we use 's' instead of 'z'

Your words don't really bother me at all. It's interesting how different they are.

 

[VamPyroX]

I've only seen ER and House.

I've heard of a couple other shows, but never was interested in them.

I like medical shows, but not enough to say... "Oh, it's Thursday! I need to see this show!" What I do instead is just rent them from Blockbuster Online. That's what I've been doing with House.

The reason why I enjoy them is because they have drama, humor, and a bit of suspense. I prefer House over ER cuz ER is a bit too dramatic. I do remember one of my favorite episodes where this guy was brought in by his wife cuz he accidentally shot himself. The woman gave the front desk clerk a huge bag full of weapons because she didn't want to leave it in the SUV that was parked right outside by the ER entrance. Later, the front desk clerk was minding his own business and holding a bazooka. He was like... "Whoa, a bazooka!" but accidentally fired it... through the hallway... through the ER doors... and blew up that SUV.

 

[Grummer]

cool, what espisode was that? i wanna get it from the library !!

lol that sounds like a black humor of sorts.... blowing up the SUV LOL
wow