Shonda Rhimes

Both John F. Kennedy and Shonda Rhimes spoke towards graduates in order to encourage them to take action facing the world. While John F. Kennedy is more serious and assertive, Shonda Rhimes obtains the attention of the students by attempting to relate to her listeners’ emotions. In order to have a successful commencement speech, the speaker must have a sense of humor but also use educational words and phrases to sound like a leader and to maintain the attention of their listeners. For…

The show Grey’s Anatomy is written by Shonda Rhimes which aired on March 27, 2005 on ABC. The show grey’s Anatomy follows the professional, personal, and the love lives of the Seattle Grace Mercy west attending, resident and interns as they try to juggle the physical, mental, and emotional challenges of being doctors. Additionally the inclusion of a variety of different medical specialties on the show such as Orthopedics, Neuro, Cardio, Plastics, Trauma and General add the element of being fresh…

lecture on sites of resistance and reinforcement found in the television shows created by award winning producer Shonda Rimes. This seminar particular focused on her hit television series “Scandal” featuring a powerful female Washington D.C. crisis manager named Olivia Pope. First Dr. Coleman helped us to understand why she decided to research the show Scandal. She explained that Shonda Rimes was not the first female African-American producer with as many shows on prime time television as she…

has an interesting storyline, the production is well-organized and it is filled with the unexpected incidents including killing main characters and bringing a new atmosphere. Grey’s anatomy has the most interesting storyline. The show is written by Shonda rhymes; I believe she is one of the spectacular authors in Hollywood and gray’s anatomy is a great example of her work, which aired for eleven years having lots of loyal followers. I remember the show started by Dr. Meredith gray is being a new…

In 2005, a new medical drama series called, Grey’s anatomy was aired on TV and is still running up to eleven seasons till today. This show takes place in Seattle, Washington but is filmed in Los Angeles, California. Grey’s anatomy is briefly about interns who graduated from medical school and are now working in a hospital called the Seattle Grace hospital. Overall, the show centers around the main character Meredith Grey and her fellow relationships with her friends Izzy, Christina, George,…

In an episode of the hit television show Grey’s Anatomy produced by Shonda Rhimes, an episode with the presence of labor unions is used to demonstrate the unfair working condition of nurses in the fictional hospital. Directed by David Paymer, the fourteenth episode of Grey’s Anatomy’s, “Break on Through”, gives insight on the treatment of nurses at Seattle Grace Hospital. These nurses were not only overwhelmed by the unfair hours and wages they received daily, but also the ways they were…

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this report is to introduce a Ted Talk and discuss it under certain headings. The Ted Talk I picked is “A Year of Saying Yes to Everything” by Shonda Rhimes. In this report I will cover the key arguments, the way Shonda Rhimes delivered the talk and my conclusion of the talk. Shonda Lynn Rhimes is a television producer and a writer. She is the creator, head writer, executive and show runner of many television shows including the medical drama television series Grey’s…

to everything”, by Shonda Rhimes. You may recognized the name Shonda Rhimes from many popular TV shows like Grey's Anatomy, Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder. All these shows are produced her own production company, Shondaland. She produces and/or screen writes over 70 hours of television per season. Rhimes was born on January 13, 1970 (age 47) and lives with three of her daughters, two of which were adopted. This Ted Talk was recorded in February of 2016. Shonda Rhimes starts out with…

Norman Lear played an important role in the development of scripted television in the 1970’s. Lear created the hit show All In The Family, which was a sitcom that featured an African American family. The show was watched all throughout the country, giving Lear a platform to discuss controversial issues. The series began by making jokes while addressing various racial themes, but later evolved into talking about other topics such as menopause, impotency, homosexuality, and the ongoing Vietnam War…

The effectiveness of the show comes four different kinds of performance, these include everyday life, business, technology and sex. Rhimes incorporates each and everyone one of these performances in every episode. Depending on the storyline of the episode, each character will perform one of these actions. A good example of all these actions working together is in season one, episode two, “Dirty Little Secrets”. “Olivia Pope's client Sharon Marquette is a madam in Washington, D.C. Marquette has…