Tuesday, June 27, 2006

So I have a problem with the hit show Grey's Anatomy. No, I'm not talking about the fact that Sandra Oh is thoroughly unattractive. That's realistic. I'm talking about the fact that the show is unrealistic. Completely and utterly unrealistic. And no, I'm not referring to the medical situations. I don't know balls about that shit. Nor am I referring to the fraternizing between doctors and interns. Whatever, that makes for good TV. Here's my problem. Let's take a brief look at the cast of characters:

• Dr. Meredith Grey
• Dr. Cristina Yang
• Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens
• Dr. Alex Karev
• Dr. George O'Malley
• Dr. Miranda Bailey
• Dr. Richard Webber
• Dr. Addison Forbes Montgomery-Shepherd
• Dr. Calliope "Callie" Torres
• Dr. Preston Xavier Burke
• Dr. Derek Shepherd

Now, let's take a look at an actual, real life staff of Seattle hospital, where the show is supposed to take place. Let's try Seattle's Northwest Hospital. Here's the hospital's website. Now, as I understand it, the show involves mostly surgeons, so I'm go to list the names of some of the surgeons that I've discovered at Northwest Hospital.

Dr. Rodney Kratz
Dr. Alan Langman
Dr. Steve Klein
Dr. Daniel Lazar
Dr. Joel Shapiro

This is just a short list, and no I did not select the names at random. But what you see here is obvious. Grey's Anatomy is a show about doctors. DOCTORS! And it takes place in Seattle, a major North American city. Yet not one of the cast members is clearly a Yid. This is not just a statistical impossibility. This is outrageous. I guarantee if you look at the doctors at any major hospital in any major North American city, they will be filled with juden. Filled. Maybe not as much as a decade ago, as we see more and more Asian doctors today. But seriously, none? How can Grace Hospital (how appropriately named) be Judenrein? There is no such hospital in America. I bet even in Boise, each hospital at least has one Jewish doctor.

A quick wikipedia search of other medical dramas reveals a Dr. Mark Greene on ER and a Dr. Jeffrey Geiger on Chicago Hope. I don't think this guy Alex Karev is Jewish. Karev may be a vaguely hebrewish name, but it's unclear. We are given no indication of Yiddishkeit. I think Grey's Anatomy should get with the program. Bring on the Yids.

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