So, Yahoo! is my homepage on my computer and today in the Entertainment section of the news was the headline, "Grey's Anatomy Actress Dismissed From Show." Seeing as I am a Grey's fan, I opened the article to see who. I was first surprised to learn it was Brooke Smith who plays Dr. Erica Hahn. Dr. Hahn is a well respected doctor who has revealed to two other characters recently that she is a lesbian. She in the beginnings of a new relationship with another female doctor, Callie, who has never been with a woman before. This story began in the last season and continued into the current one. So the second surprising part about this article was that her entire story line had been cut. It said that the story "will come to an abrupt end in this Thursday's episode." In addition there is a new actress, Melissa George, who is coming to Grey's. She was supposed to come on as a lesbian character who flirts with Callie but this story will not go anywhere.
Not only has Grey's taken out this story, but Ugly Betty has also said that Rebecca Ro
mjin, who plays a transgender in that show, will also be cut at the end of this season. The article does not reveal any reason from ABC or the story writers as to why they suddenly decided to cut these two story lines. It is especially interesting due to the fact there is no mention of any other story lines being cut. I am extermely curious to hear their reasoning...it seems as though these two stories would be able to reach out to a lot of people and expand their audiences, so I would like to hear what the writers were thinking. I would also welcome anyone else's opinions on the matter and if they have heard anything about this or what they think.Here is the article's address, if you want to read what I read:
http://tv.yahoo.com/grey-39-s-anatomy/show/36657/news/urn:newsml:eonlinekristen.com:20081104:TV-8d220a20f1880b272fa485fbc973f373__ER:1
Perhaps there is some information being left out, but if everything in this article is correct, it sounds like a huge step back for positive exposure of Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals and Transgenders in today's media.
3 comments:
Oh man!!! I hate it when shows do that. That situation weirded me out a little bit but it made the show really interesting (Grey's). I wonder if it was done because it offended someone of the LBGT culture. You know, like maybe they were putting too much emphasis on the fact that Erica and Callie were lesbians. Just a bit of a different perspective for you. That still doesn't really explain the Ugly Betty story line I guess. WEIRD!!!
You always find the most interesting, pop-culture-ish things to blog about!!!
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Thanks for posting info about this article. I'm going to look it up right now!
Reading your post got me thinking about all the other shows I've ever seen gay, lesbian or bisexual characters on. The more I thought about it, I realized all these characters were either taken off fairly quick, or they were there for comedic effect. For instance, on Friends, Ross's first wife ends up being a lesbian. They base many jokes and humor around this situation. It's very eye opening the more you think about it.
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