New Amsterdam writers want to show just how really really woke they are. They need us to know they are totally tuned in to every single case of social injustice, racism, sexism, homophobia, historical wrong etc. So they turn each episode in a mini demonstration rally to lecture viewers because obviously we can't possibly be as aware as they are and need to be taught lessons even in our down time.
I mean, there's no doubt that these are serious subjects and shouldn't just be brushed under the carpet, but we don't have to address them all in one episode or even one season. We also certainly should address them in a clever manner, not put big clogs on and trample the subject in the most unsubtle way possible so it turns it into a farce.
Who is going to believe a medical director would run around trying to rename a hospital because one patient complains, and he sees it as "justice" for what happened to native americans? And then he settles for renaming a lobby and thinks it's all good? Please! Give him his brain back!
And why do all the patients in this hospital have to come in to then refuse treatment because of some big issue that isn't solvable in the 30 minutes they have before they die? And they complain but let Max run around like a headless chicken without telling him what they actually want or need to accept treatment.
It's OK to deal with real world problems but there are much better ways to execute it. And it's also OK to sometimes have a break from the lectures and just write a decent medical drama.
I mean, there's no doubt that these are serious subjects and shouldn't just be brushed under the carpet, but we don't have to address them all in one episode or even one season. We also certainly should address them in a clever manner, not put big clogs on and trample the subject in the most unsubtle way possible so it turns it into a farce.
Who is going to believe a medical director would run around trying to rename a hospital because one patient complains, and he sees it as "justice" for what happened to native americans? And then he settles for renaming a lobby and thinks it's all good? Please! Give him his brain back!
And why do all the patients in this hospital have to come in to then refuse treatment because of some big issue that isn't solvable in the 30 minutes they have before they die? And they complain but let Max run around like a headless chicken without telling him what they actually want or need to accept treatment.
It's OK to deal with real world problems but there are much better ways to execute it. And it's also OK to sometimes have a break from the lectures and just write a decent medical drama.
