So recently one of my
fav shows has taken a turn with a certain character. If you are a fan of Grey's Anatomy you will know
exactly what I am talking about when I mention Callie. Dr. Torres is a resident (on the show) at Seattle Grace Hospital, meaning she has a pretty sweet gig. She's several years out of med school (which her father paid for so no student loans), she works a lot, good at what she does, etc. So why, oh why, do the writers decide that she is the one that needs to try and relate to the hundreds of thousands of American workers that are currently unemployed and the countless families affected by this
phenomenon of joblessness???
A little background - Callie Torres has lived off of a trust fund that her father gave her for the last who-knows-how-long, and has recently been cut off by him because she is dating another woman. Well instead of saying,
ok my money isn't disposable anymore, she suddenly can't pay her half of the rent (another thing that bugs, it's not even full rent, it's half - come on), can't afford to go out to eat, she's BROKE
wah wah wah :'( much crying ensues. Seriously, if they want to relate to the viewers that are struggling financially right now - and there are A LOT! - then pick a character that it's likely they really would be struggling, like a
CNA or one of the brand new interns with a whole shit-ton of student debt; do NOT pick the resident DOCTOR that has no debt (because her family has always paid for EVERYTHING) to pretend like there is a possibility that she it as bad off as the average American that doesn't currently have a job. It is just plain rude and only goes to show that the people in Hollywood
clearly do not have a clue what's going on with us. Idiots (sigh)
