Grey’s Anatomy vs. Parks and Recreation
The television series chosen for this assignment are Grey’s Anatomy and Parks and Recreation. Both series appeal to college aged students, both male and female. Grey’s Anatomy is a romantic-drama television series set in Seattle, Washington. The first season premiered in 2005; the series currently airs new episodes on Thursday evenings. Grey’s Anatomy follows several freshly graduated medical students through their lives as they complete their training to be surgeons. The cast is diverse in areas of age, gender, race, and ethnicity; more so than other series. Characters also come from varied backgrounds that affect their roles in the story line. The doctors treat patients from all age ranges including …show more content…
These calls are often life or death decisions, but they also affect their ‘daily’ lives. For example, April Kempner, a small town girl turned trauma surgeon, leaves her fiancé at the alter for another man. Kempner later chooses to avoid the emotions from the loss of a baby, due to a rare disease, and joins the army. This causes stress in her relationships back at home, causing Kempner to be seen as ‘the bad guy’ in the struggling relationship.
The gender roles in Grey’s Anatomy have evolved over its time on air. In the beginning seasons, it is extremely male dominated, with the majority of the attending and higher up doctors/surgeons all being male. As the series progresses, strong female characters arise from the background to lean on the side of equality. One of the main ways a viewer can observe this, is through watching female characters ‘have it all.’ This is done through them having strong marriages, children, and a high paying, respectable career as a …show more content…
The viewers see the importance of the subjects in town hall meetings and the major issues faced by the characters. For example, the series starts off by trying to fulfill the need of fixing ‘The Pit.’ The Pit is an abandoned construction site that is an eye sore to the community. It is the main problem that the series focuses on solving throughout the series.
The gender roles abide by the social norms; seen by having the majority of the higher-up positions filled with male characters, such as Ron Swanson, Ben, Wyatt, and Chris Traeger. Ron Swanson fits the manly-man stereotype. He has a prominent mustache, is a hunter, eats extreme amounts of meat/bacon, and is a casual dater with no judgement being passed. Leslie Knope is a woman that works extremely hard at her job, stays organized, wants to incorporate new and creative ideas, has an extreme amount of energy, but struggles to hold a relationship for a long duration of the series. There is a short period where Knope rises to a powerful role, but soon sees this come to an end. Another character, Ann Perkins, is a nurse, when having her portrayed as a doctor would not have belittled or changed the storyline of the
The television series chosen for this assignment are Grey’s Anatomy and Parks and Recreation. Both series appeal to college aged students, both male and female. Grey’s Anatomy is a romantic-drama television series set in Seattle, Washington. The first season premiered in 2005; the series currently airs new episodes on Thursday evenings. Grey’s Anatomy follows several freshly graduated medical students through their lives as they complete their training to be surgeons. The cast is diverse in areas of age, gender, race, and ethnicity; more so than other series. Characters also come from varied backgrounds that affect their roles in the story line. The doctors treat patients from all age ranges including …show more content…
These calls are often life or death decisions, but they also affect their ‘daily’ lives. For example, April Kempner, a small town girl turned trauma surgeon, leaves her fiancé at the alter for another man. Kempner later chooses to avoid the emotions from the loss of a baby, due to a rare disease, and joins the army. This causes stress in her relationships back at home, causing Kempner to be seen as ‘the bad guy’ in the struggling relationship.
The gender roles in Grey’s Anatomy have evolved over its time on air. In the beginning seasons, it is extremely male dominated, with the majority of the attending and higher up doctors/surgeons all being male. As the series progresses, strong female characters arise from the background to lean on the side of equality. One of the main ways a viewer can observe this, is through watching female characters ‘have it all.’ This is done through them having strong marriages, children, and a high paying, respectable career as a …show more content…
The viewers see the importance of the subjects in town hall meetings and the major issues faced by the characters. For example, the series starts off by trying to fulfill the need of fixing ‘The Pit.’ The Pit is an abandoned construction site that is an eye sore to the community. It is the main problem that the series focuses on solving throughout the series.
The gender roles abide by the social norms; seen by having the majority of the higher-up positions filled with male characters, such as Ron Swanson, Ben, Wyatt, and Chris Traeger. Ron Swanson fits the manly-man stereotype. He has a prominent mustache, is a hunter, eats extreme amounts of meat/bacon, and is a casual dater with no judgement being passed. Leslie Knope is a woman that works extremely hard at her job, stays organized, wants to incorporate new and creative ideas, has an extreme amount of energy, but struggles to hold a relationship for a long duration of the series. There is a short period where Knope rises to a powerful role, but soon sees this come to an end. Another character, Ann Perkins, is a nurse, when having her portrayed as a doctor would not have belittled or changed the storyline of the