Hey, remember when opposing the Iraq war was a controversial viewpoint, and the Republicans hadn’t just been handed a resounding loss?
Scrubs does.
This is the inherent danger of doing topical issues on a non-live show.
I’d say that the war in Iraq is still a controversial subject. Just yesterday there was a heated debate in my work place regarding it.
“… and Johnny got one on the other cheek that said ‘Bob’.”
“I’m sure he doesn’t regret that one bit.”
Gah… this bugged me throughout the episode: who played Private Dancer? He looked really familiar, but I could never place him. I think it was the head bandage.
This one didn’t ring true, if only for the fact that they showed the hospital evenly divided over the war. There is not a single person at my place of work who supports the war, or at least is willing to admit so in public. And I work in a building with a couple of hundred people.
Would you like to swing on down here to Mississippi and count the W04 bumper stickers that are still on two years later?
-Joe
Ah yes, Kenny from Garden State. That’s where I’d seen him before…
Unusual for Scrubs to do a show dealing with politics, but I thought it worked okay. Especially when JD was reading “The Iraq War for Dummies”:
“I just got to the part where President Bush gave the ‘Mission Accomplished’ speech on the aircraft carrier, and there’s still like 400 pages to go!”
Yeah, that was my take too. Especially now. Two years ago, sure, but the war is *much *less popular than it was. Those who actively support it, or at least won’t acknowledge that it was horrifically ill-conceived, have dwindled to a small minority. You’d get a few arch-conservatives arguing for it, but most people would just be jawing about if the best strategy is to run right now, or if its still possible to salvage some amount of stability for the Iraqi people.
Possibly the first episode of Scrubs I’ve actively disliked.
The Iraq arguments seemed forced. Too evenly balanced, too dependent on dreary stereotypes. (And it was depressing to learn Elliot is a Republican.)
The Kelso-as-nurse gag was obvious and stupid. The jokes about coffee confused me. The Kelso inner monologue was only mildly amusing.
Blech.
I hated it. I look to Scrubs and other shows as escape. I don’t like to be reminded of the hateful vitriol that is our national debate today.
Of course, being a registered Republican, hanging around here, I guess I’m just tired of it all.
You mean Kenny from Evil Alien Conquerors of course.
Haven’t we always known Elliot is a Republican? I thought she’d mentioned it in a previous episode, but was embarrassed, hence the “I’m not going to be ashamed any more…” line.
I’ll pass.
Meh, according to the liberal media. Kidding, of course, but I still run into a lot of people who think it was a good idea and things are going better than is being reported, the populace is more supportive, etc. Several soldiers in particular come to mind.
Pretty much, yeah. Her ultra-wealthy Connecticut background has been played for laughs many times.
Remember that Elliot has been an outsider from the start. JD & Turk first met her in the pilot, and she and Carla hated each other for the first half of the first season. Turk, Carla & JD grew up by their bootstraps, whereas Elliot always had the silver spoon.
He said “Battleship,” which makes it funnier.