Mary Carmichael at DoubleX makes a good point about Nurse Jackie. I noticed this a bit in episode two, but she draws out the point very well.
I would add that even if doctors are often as terrible as the show suggests (I’ve read evidence that many doctors have their share of issues), the dichotomy is not particularly well suited to television drama, or at least, not as portrayed here so far. If some of the doctors were shown to be fantastic and some of the nurses to be terrible, then the dichotomy would seem less facile. Or if Jackie wants to assert a sharp division in caring and attentiveness between doctors and nurses, it ought to explore the reasons for the difference, try to resolve it in a particular case, or otherwise treat the issue in a more complex fashion.
edited 26-Jun-2009
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