Medical drama smackdown: “Mercy” vs. McDreamy!

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:01:00 +0000

The insertion of the word "drama" as a stand-in for emotional confrontation tells us a lot about our psychological state in this self-conscious, unenlightened age. While e-mailing, texting and tweeting are acceptable ways to communicate important feelings and ideas these days, shrugging, proclaiming noncommittally that "it is what it is" and outright avoidance are widely embraced means of signaling our shifting emotional needs. Conversely, by stating your feelings directly to another human being face to face, you risk becoming known as someone who loves "drama," standing in sharp contrast to "sane" individuals who "don't want any drama," i.e., would prefer that, instead of expressing yourself, you'd simply drop off the face of the earth, or at the very least have the common decency to boil your feelings down to 140 characters or less.

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Medical drama smackdown: “Mercy” vs. McDreamy!