I wish I could find the tumblr post written by someone with a longtime chronic illness about how frustrating it was to deal with doctors, and how they would put up with so much of House's shit in exchange for an actual diagnosis--it was extremely thought-provoking! There are a lot of problems with the medical system, and one thing I liked about House as a show was that it was in an excellent position to point that out, even if they didn't do as much with it as they could have.
But House is also frequently punished by the narrative for his poor choices, which is refreshing after watching so many TV shows letting the writer's pet character get away with everything while experiencing no negative consequences whatsoever.
So it's funny it's become such an accepted staple.
I think it's because the media adaptations are better known, and so people just sort of accept the fanon as canon. Sort of like how every adaptation of Frankenstein, Doctor Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, and Dracula (to name just three others off the top of my head) are WILDLY different from the source material.
Are there any medical series she can stand?
NOPE. It's so hilariously funny. I did convince her to put some photos of Scully from The X-Files doing an autopsy into a Powerpoint presentation, though.
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Date: 2022-11-16 12:20 am (UTC)IDK, Residency Evil is also pretty great. :)
I wish I could find the tumblr post written by someone with a longtime chronic illness about how frustrating it was to deal with doctors, and how they would put up with so much of House's shit in exchange for an actual diagnosis--it was extremely thought-provoking! There are a lot of problems with the medical system, and one thing I liked about House as a show was that it was in an excellent position to point that out, even if they didn't do as much with it as they could have.
But House is also frequently punished by the narrative for his poor choices, which is refreshing after watching so many TV shows letting the writer's pet character get away with everything while experiencing no negative consequences whatsoever.
So it's funny it's become such an accepted staple.
I think it's because the media adaptations are better known, and so people just sort of accept the fanon as canon. Sort of like how every adaptation of Frankenstein, Doctor Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, and Dracula (to name just three others off the top of my head) are WILDLY different from the source material.
Are there any medical series she can stand?
NOPE. It's so hilariously funny. I did convince her to put some photos of Scully from The X-Files doing an autopsy into a Powerpoint presentation, though.