Deconstructing Nurse Jackie
YouTube is promoting the new Showtime series “Nurse Jackie.” This advertisement caught my eye because it looked VERY similar to a new NBC series called Mercy. Both Nurse Jackie and Mercy feature a White, middle-age, strong, independent, sassy nurse as the lead character. Both series also promote the politically correct stereotype of White Males being bumbling fools. Of course, homosexuals and non-Whites are portrayed as smart and competent characters. Whiskey, one of the more insightful bloggers I like to read, analyzed Mercy concerning how it reflects the new feminist social norms. http://whiskeys-place.blogspot.com/2009/05/nbcs-mercy-womens-shifting-attitudes.html What amazed me is how Nurse Jackie looks almost like an identical copy of Mercy. I know Hollywood is not known for original thinking, but to so closely copy another show is almost a form of outright plagiarism. Nurse Jackie and Mercy are two examples of television programs that are steeped in the ideology of cultural Marxis...