A different question about Grey's Anatomy

[bumbershoot]

The other question I just saw about this show reminded me that I had a question about the show.

I don't watch it, but the most recent edition of Disney Files had a blurb about something from the show that has been bugging me. The article talked about firefighters on set, and how they had to have them on set when they showed the characters at bars in Seattle, because of the cigarette smoking shown. And that they couldn't film it on location b/c they film in NYC, and NYC has banned smoking.

Here's the problem with that...so has Seattle! Since the same year GA started!

So do they really show smoking in bars in Seattle on the show? Are they really that loose with reality that they let the law (which isn't even new anymore) slip by their writers?

And if they do show it, does anyone know how to contact them to tell them that they have it wrong?



This goes along with my old annoyance at the show Felicity, that showed college freshmen drinking in bars, when they were most definitely not 21.

 

[SydSim]

GA doesn't film in NYC. Don't know about the rest.

 

[Pembo]

I've never noticed any smoking on Grey's...

 

[Bethenny]

There aren't a lot of bar scenes in GA. There were when it first started but I'm quite certain none of the main cast were ever shown smoking. Drinking yes, but not smoking.

And quite a few college students have fake IDs and order drinks in bars, in real life.

 

[Lintasare]

It's a TV show...who cares.

They are not always going to get everything right.

 

[LuvOrlando]

I've just started watching with Netflix. I'm on season 2 and I can't really place anyone smoking in the bar shots. I don't think any of the main characters even smoke but it is TV.

if you want to talk about being ticked though, how about almost every TV show from the last 10 years that is SUPPOSED to be filmed in NYC but filmed in Cali not even remotely resembling the sophistication of a REAL NYer (Friends) OH, and even better is Hollywoods utter disregard for a REAL NY accent. I can tell LI from Brooklyn from the Bronx with a few paragraphs but To Hollywood dead ears any dope who can mumble sounds like one of us. Talk about insulting... don't even get me started on the casting directors. Anyone from a city should be able to tell the difference between Middle Eastern and Indian (24) and not everyone with a tan is Italian. it's just so ridiculous, all the industry does is mumble about inclusion yet they are the absolute worst stereotypers ever... no respect at all.

 

[Alesia]

Those aren't real doctors on that show either, just people pretending to be doctors! I also heard that the "patients" aren't even really sick. What is the world coming to?

 

[dakcp2001]

It's a TV show...who cares.

They are not always going to get everything right.

ITA



Im not watching for the cigarettes. Don't even notice them.

 

[LiberalPrincess]

The other question I just saw about this show reminded me that I had a question about the show.

I don't watch it, but the most recent edition of Disney Files had a blurb about something from the show that has been bugging me. The article talked about firefighters on set, and howthey had to have them on set when they showed the characters at bars in Seattle, because of the cigarette smoking shown. And that they couldn't film it on location b/c they film in NYC, and NYC has banned smoking.

Here's the problem with that...so has Seattle! Since the same year GA started!

So do they really show smoking in bars in Seattle on the show? Are they really that loose with reality that they let the law (which isn't even new anymore) slip by their writers?

And if they do show it, does anyone know how to contact them to tell them that they have it wrong?



This goes along with my old annoyance at the show Felicity, that showed college freshmen drinking in bars, when they were most definitely not 21.

I was in college in NYC around the same time as the show Felicity, and I was never even carded going in. Just a reality of the NYC college bar scene at the time. As for Grey's? They aren't really doing surgery either. It is a tv show. The suspension of reality needs to be utilized. My favorite tv complaint was all the people that wrote in to tell the producers that the license plate on the opening of LA Law was expired. Hilarious what people care about. Oh, and Julie Andrews wasn't really a nun in the Sound of Music.

 

[brittsmum1998]

Those aren't real doctors on that show either, just people pretending to be doctors! I also heard that the "patients" aren't even really sick. What is the world coming to?

Crap! I was going to get sick so Dr. McDreamy could take care of me

Might as well stay healthy now

 

[bumbershoot]

I realized in the middle of the night that the article probably said they filmed in Los Angeles, not NYC. Whoopsie at my error! I've been out all day or I would have corrected it earlier. CA has the same smoking ban as NYC (and as in WA) which is why I got it twisted in my mind.

And quite a few college students have fake IDs and order drinks in bars, in real life.

The annoyance for me was that they never even addressed it. They didn't say that they had fake IDs, that it was no big deal b/c no one cards, or anything.

It's a TV show...who cares.

They are not always going to get everything right.

Someone in the Disney world recently interviewed an on-set firefighter for a Disney magazine, and stated that they use firefighters in these scenes because of laws being different. That's the cause for my thoughts on it, not because I think the show is real.

Is there something wrong with wanting to help them get it right?

When I was in chiro school and ER was new and we'd watch it, we'd laugh hysterically at all the ancient outdated medical tests they would order, because their writers had outdated info. I mean, we were just learning it for the Boards, not b/c we'd ever be using them, and we knew the more updated info better than they did. I think it's ridiculous for writers on a current TV show to get such things wrong.

I was in college in NYC around the same time as the show Felicity, and I was never even carded going in. Just a reality of the NYC college bar scene at the time. As for Grey's? They aren't really doing surgery either. It is a tv show. The suspension of reality needs to be utilized. My favorite tv complaint was all the people that wrote in to tell the producers that the license plate on the opening of LA Law was expired. Hilarious what people care about. Oh, and Julie Andrews wasn't really a nun in the Sound of Music.

Do you guys REALLY think that I believe the show is *real*? That's an odd thing to believe about me.

The recent article stated this as fact, and it bugged me. But I don't watch the show (haven't watched hospital shows, other than parts of House, since ER b/c of my own horrid experiences in hospitals) and therefore don't know, and that's why I asked.

I find it intriguing that a current article stated all of this as though they are always filming smoking scenes in bars, but those who watch the show state that there aren't many scenes with people smoking (I didn't care if the main characters are smoking).

I see nothing wrong with trying to help a TV show or movie get a bit more real, so that things don't jar viewers OUT of the suspension of disbelief.

(biggest jolt I got during a movie, as it relates to this, was while watching Lost Boys in a movie theater. I'd just moved to WA from CA, and I grew up in the Bay Area, visiting Santa Cruz a lot b/c my dad lived there. There's a scene where they are all riding motorcycles along the Boardwalk, heading in a certain way, and suddenly they go from beach to forest...there's no forest there in real life, and it made me sit back (or forward?) suddenly in my theater seat. guess I'm sensitive to these things, I want to stay in the moment of the show, and not notice glaring errors...)

 

[Mrs. Darcy]

When I was in chiro school and ER was new and we'd watch it, we'd laugh hysterically at all the ancient outdated medical tests they would order, because their writers had outdated info. I mean, we were just learning it for the Boards, not b/c we'd ever be using them, and we knew the more updated info better than they did.

OMG what a coincidence, my SIL is thinking about becoming a chiropractor! Are you a chiropractor?? Would you recommend this profession? Do you work many hours? One of her concerns is that she'd have to work 60 hours a week in order to pay off her student loans before she becomes an old lady (she's 26). Also, do you have problems manipulating larger people? She's petite and she thinks she may have to develop some muscle power to do all that tugging that chiropractors do. Sorry to change the subject for a moment but I got excited to read you went to chiro school!!

 

[Mrs. Darcy]

Oh well chiropractor school is out for my SIL. Thanks anyway Bumbershoot in advance in case you saw my previous post and would have answered my questions. She decided it's too grueling an education for her to realistically handle. Anyway I won't hijack this thread again! lol