Scandal, created by author Shonda Rhimes, follows the life of professional ‘fixer’, Olivia Pope, and her band of friends. This group of talented individuals make problems disappear before the public even catches wind. In a city where reputation is everything (Washington D.C)- corruption, scandals, affairs, and cover ups run rampant. Olivia and her team of “gladiators in suits” make it their job to help those in need of a reputation redemption. Running damage control for those around them, the
With a scalpel in your hand, you feel unstoppable. There's no fear, there's no pain. You're 10 feet tall and bulletproof.” Dr. Grey said this in the third episode, first season of the hit medical drama Grey’s Anatomy. The ABC series, created by Shonda Rhimes, first aired in 2005, and is in its tenth season, with new episodes on Thursday nights at 9/8 central. The series averaged 16.4 million viewers throughout its first 10 seasons, peaking at 25.41million viewers in the third season. (U.S.) The series
The television show Grey’s Anatomy takes place in Seattle, Washington at Seattle Grace Hospital which is considered one of the best hospitals in the country. The show, produced by Shonda Rhimes, focuses on the professional and love lives of the doctors who began their careers at the hospital as interns. Meredith Grey, Cristina Yang, Izzie Stevens, Alex Karev and George O’Malley are the interns that get assigned to resident Miranda Bailey to learn under her supervision. This medical drama series
most important characters. With hope one day Shonda Rhimes will read this and
emotional responses, the suspense of this television show keeps building which allows tears to flow, screams to be released, and a warming of hearts that brings everyone a great sense of joy. Throughout every break-up, death, and family-separation, Shonda Rhimes, the director, demonstrates a clear storyline that keeps everyone in the
The show Grey’s Anatomy is written by Shonda Rhimes, who is an African American women aged forty six who holds a bachelors of arts from Dartmouth college and a masters of fine arts from the University of Southern California. Rhimes has said that she always had an affinity for storytelling and that the time she spent as a hospital volunteer while in high school really began her to develop an interest in hospital settings. After the events of 9/11 happened Rhimes began to think more about motherhood
Kristen Seeley Mr. Bowers Composition 1 24 September 2015 Grey's Anatomy Grey's Anatomy's is a great soap opera because the cast is broad and varied. Alex Karev, Meredith Grey, April Kepner, and Cristina Yang are all surgeons who have gone through many professional and personal trials. One character, Dr. Owen Hunt, is the chief of surgery, an Iraq veteran, trauma specialist, and Christina's ex-husband. Callie Torres, an orthopedic surgeon, and Arizona Robbins, a pediatric surgeon, recently married
Have you been in search of a television show that is appropriate for all ages and is about saving lives? If so, Greys Anatomy is the show to watch. In the television show Greys Anatomy, Meredith Grey serves as a positive role model through courage, intelligence, and leadership, while working in and outside of Seattle Grace Hospital. Each season, Meredith is faced with situations regarding patients, friends, and family. At the same time, she struggles to balance her personal life with the hectic work
Greys Anatomy is a medical drama television that is centered around the lives of surgical interns who eventually become Attending Surgeons, however; it is mostly based off of one of the main characters, Meredith Grey. The setting generally takes place at Seattle Grace Memorial Hospital and during the series, it brings you through Meredith’s personal and work life with her coworkers who are also her closest friends. Each episode presents a new situation, but the story line of the characters and relationships
Competing with the romantic comedies, crime thrillers, and reality series that flood the listings of television are many enticing medical dramas. Mixed in the variety are shows that depict the misunderstood life of a sarcastic doctor or the psychological twists that exist in medical practices, while others shows groups of doctors and how they collaborate in their professional work. Interestingly, the central ideas remain the same throughout the varieties; when judging them based upon specific criteria
Patrick Dempsey is an american actor and racecar driver who stars in many well-known shows and movies. Dempsey is one of the best male actors because he fills the roles very well and is easy to connect with. He is best known for his role as neurosurgeon Dr. Derek Shepherd in Grey's Anatomy. Patrick Dempsey has come a very long way since his first movie, “Heaven Help Us” and is still making movies and starring in popular tv shows. Patrick Dempsey was born on January 13, 1966, in Lewiston, Maine
follows Keating as she teaches a course at Middletown University law school in Philadelphia and the chaos that ensues when she and a group of students get caught up in a murder case of their own. The executive producers for the series include Shonda Rhimes, Betsey Beers, and Peter Novalk. As stated earlier, the show airs on Thursday nights on ABC as part of Shondaland’s network television triple threat and has received both extreme praise and harsh criticism. In terms of ratings, according to an
Shonda Rhimes, a director who challenges sexism while enthusiastically endorsing femininity by mass media introduced the TV series Grey’s Anatomy. Her use of African Americans, LGBTQ, and independent and powerful woman characters created diversity by launching to viewers a hospital drama. It is easy to regulate this show to the petty corner of chick flick entertainment, as for me, I unravel the deeper lessons and meanings that bring the forefront struggles and choices women make based on balancing
impossible to implement diversity into cinema, the first step is to start behind the scenes. Director, Ava DuVernay has openly spoken and tweeted about how easy it is to be diverse if you step out and include people from different backgrounds. Shonda Rhimes’ Grey’s Anatomy is living proof that diversity and balance can be achieved, she has a diverse main cast along with a diverse team of members working behind the scenes and in the production of her show. An event, like the Oscars, holds so much importance
As members of the audience, we are constantly bombarded by messages from the media. Once we receive these messages, we then interpret the messages and give them meaning. Sociologists refer to this process as the social construction of reality (Croteau, Hoynes, & Milan, 2012, p. 8). The media plays an important role in what messages we receive, and this can alter the meanings we develop in order to construct our reality. One form of media that has a major part in this process are television programs
Viola Davis has established herself on the hit drama, “How to Get Away with Murder” as a fierce leading woman. She was highlighted for her work when being the first black woman to ever win the Emmy title best leading woman in a drama, when accepting her honorable award she gave a speech that touched the heart of many Americans and hit close to home for many black women. She went to explain the hardships of finding leading roles as an African-American actress in a harsh industry. When accepting her
Anatomy was created by Shonda Rhimes, the first sole African-American female showrunner in the history of television. When asked in the early days of the series about her influences, she spoke frequently of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, and there’s a healthy dollop of that show’s breakneck pacing and love of wild plot twists in Grey’s. (Grey's Anatomy. 2 n.d.). But there’s also a unique blend of workplace drama and over-the-top soap that has Rhimes’ calling card. In many ways, Rhimes has been rather undervalued
Detective Maya Vasquez is the protagonist of the show. She comes from a lower end of a middle class economic background and is a native of Lake Arthur. Three ways to describe her are: intrepid, a straight-shooter, and persistent. Maya is also Latina which plays an important role in the way she is treated by side characters. She did not attend college, but did attend and complete her training at a police academy. Maya’s character is similar to the theme in Shondaland of having a multi-dimensional
to breakout shows like Empire, Scandal, and How to Get Away with Murder – the drama of which Viola Davis won her award for – demand for more diverse casts has risen and series lead by women of color i.e. Scandal and How to Get Away with Murder. Shonda Rhimes the creator of Scandal and the first show in decades to have a black woman as the lead character. Rhimes’s successful series has paved the way for new shows centered on the lives of people of color such as, the CW’s Jane the Virgin, ABC’s Black-ish
Spike Lee’s Bamboozled is a contemporary critique of the black community, how it’s exploited, how it’s viewed, and how it fails to resist the persistent prejudices it faces in and outside of itself. Though this film is sixteen years old, many of his criticisms are still relevant to today’s media portrayals of black people. It is a continuing cycle that has yet to change on a large scale. Within the film we see a multitude of issues throughout that plays on the so called authenticity of blackness