• Sage the Lawyer@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I mentioned this further down the thread, but Scrubs is full of micro aggressions.

    I mean, pretty much the very first joke in the series is JD asking Turk if he’s allowed to say the N word.

    There’s an episode where the theme is whether Turk is black.

    As for trans-specific problems, Todd advertises his website with the T slur in it on his T-shirt one episode.

    He’s also a prime example of bi-erasure as when he “comes out,” nobody says bi the whole episode, and it’s like the whole cast can’t conceive of someone liking both men and women. Not to mention the bi stereotype that we’re all sexual deviants and overly promiscuous.

    Frankly, I could go on for a while. Scrubs was fine for its time. It does not hold up well. Shame because it was my favorite show for a very long time. But I’m glad society has grown.