I enjoyed this show a lot. Ive always admired Michelle, the actress who plays the lead Mavis. Great acting! Such an inspiration and a character to look up to. The show speaks on many issues in a way I think is much more inviting for those resistant to listening to. It’s a lighthearted, charming, funny comedy. Mavis is such a great character, really well done. The rest don’t have as much substance though, if they continue the series I hope they add onto the supporting characters more. Episode 5, well done. Very well done.
However, I have to speak on a specific scene in the series that I have a lot of issues with. It happens at a hospital where a character instantly demands a black doctor for another character…they’re going through the halls yelling for black doctor. Yelling at the nurse who is scared and runs out. The issue was they never explained why she was even popping off either. It’s not common knowledge that there are racist doctors who don’t treat black people properly in America. How do people learn without context? It’s very upsetting to watch, from an outsiders view it appears they have issues with anyone other than black people. Yet the character wants change? How is it ok to demand a specific doctor yet doctors never have that choice? If you’re making demands like that in the real world your friend is less likely to get immediate attention after being evaluated already. Clearly you have the energy to yell at everyone instead of getting help from any trained professional you’re lucky to even have access to at all. Not all country’s even have that. Acting like that is RACIST. We’re all trying. Most health workers simply want to help, I’ve heard things like this happen to friends of mine that studied so hard to help and they were crying, they aren’t the ones to pop off at. That was not ok to put on TV without any context as to why this character has these issues personally, trauma maybe who knows. This is the behaviour that only promotes more segregation and less unity. You’re scaring people while saying how you hate that people are are scared of you? It blows my mind that the show acts like that’s acceptable? So disappointing and honestly, hurtful to portray scenes like that that could be genuinely traumatic for others that work in that field to see. This character was really going off. Not ok. Not realistic. That’s racist. In the real world if you’re making demands like that then you must not need help that badly. You’re not doing your friend any favours acting like that. Not ok. You’d be asked to leave.
It’s not something I thought Mavis’s character wouldn’t say to stop? I thought she’d stand up for healthcare workers. I really admire the character, I guess she wasn’t able to. That’s up for interpretation. Anyway, I really did enjoy the show a lot. All of them, except the one in the hospital running their mouth like that. I would pop off on that one myself. My jaw dropped. I was so thrown off that was in the show!
Such a good show but sooooo hypocritical in that scene WOW.
Anyway, I do hope for more shows like this in the future. Just remember there is 2 sides, Black Lives Matter vs everyone else. Projected at white people. Always practice what you preach. I don’t believe Mavis wouldn’t have done that but any ethnicity when it comes to trained health professionals or any for that matter should be treated any differently.
Other than that I really liked it and enjoyed how it approached important issues in a different way than I’ve seen before. It’s worth watching if you’re not a total bigot.. :)