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Jan. 29th, 2007 04:32 pmI have a confession to make. I hate most sitcoms. I find your average sitcom character - particularly the women - to be selfish, petty and shrill. Unlike the majority of TV viewers, I don't find those traits funny. Needless to say, I also don't much care for these characters' love lives, which a lot of sitcoms concern themselves with. (The family-based sitcoms are better, but not by much.)
Scrubs is a sitcom.
I love Scrubs.
In part, it goes back to the character thing. Bless the writers for making JD and co so loveable (without making them dumb, which seems to be the usual fate of 'nice' characters in sitcoms.) In a strange way, I also find Scrubs more realistic than average, despite the wacky antics. The Sacred Heart Hospital reminds me ever so much of the Beth Israel-Deaconess Hospital in Boston that it's not even funny. It also helps that much of the wackiness comes from inside the characters' heads - and who *hasn't* had those thoughts every once in a while?
The series is hillarious, but never at the expense of its heart. Which is not to say it's sappy; this show can turn refreshingly cynical if it needs to. 'If it needs to' being the key. I love that the writing staff respect their audience, their characters and their world.
And that? Is why I keep watching Scrubs, despite my usual sitcom blahs.
Scrubs is a sitcom.
I love Scrubs.
In part, it goes back to the character thing. Bless the writers for making JD and co so loveable (without making them dumb, which seems to be the usual fate of 'nice' characters in sitcoms.) In a strange way, I also find Scrubs more realistic than average, despite the wacky antics. The Sacred Heart Hospital reminds me ever so much of the Beth Israel-Deaconess Hospital in Boston that it's not even funny. It also helps that much of the wackiness comes from inside the characters' heads - and who *hasn't* had those thoughts every once in a while?
The series is hillarious, but never at the expense of its heart. Which is not to say it's sappy; this show can turn refreshingly cynical if it needs to. 'If it needs to' being the key. I love that the writing staff respect their audience, their characters and their world.
And that? Is why I keep watching Scrubs, despite my usual sitcom blahs.
