Aside
I like asides. They are akin to Facebook notes. I like the idea that their title is left out in the display however I like every post having a title for back cataloguing and referencing. If you don’t encode a title, nothing shows up about the post in the archives. Finding strings can be tricky.
Nurse Jackie
Title: Nurse Jackie
Genre: TV Sitcom, Hospital, Drama, Dark Comedy, 30 minute episodes
MPAA Rating: TV-MA
Year: 2009-2015 7 Seasons
Produced by: Showtime.
Top Billed Cast: Edie Falco, known for “The Sopranos,” and array of big star regulars/guest stars.
Brief Synopsis: A nurse who juggles her family and pain-killers. Not a good combo but makes for a laugh here and there. Not realistic on all levels, hallucinogenic, trippy, strange when its not.
My Word to the Wise: It’s anyone’s guess how we “should” portray functional drug addicts working in an ER unit. I have no judgment for that reason. But I kept asking myself this question: should it be so funny in between the darkness?
The rest of this review may contain spoilers.
I just finished binge watching all the “Nurse Jackie” episodes. She reminds me of a trainer I had at Pizza Hut years ago who was bitter my education brought me in to the company above her. She was addicted to cigarettes and happy hour. Some addicts feel they work so hard we shouldn’t ever question them, What a crock of shit. Nurse Jackie embodies this type of what I call “Tweaker” thinking.
This is a good show in many ways because it dares to look at functional addiction with no sugar coating in the end.
I didn’t like every aspect of it though, which is likely in a show that runs this long, there have to be some experiments made to see what the audience bites on. If a character gets under your skin it’s for one of two reasons: 1) They remind you of a true life character or 2) it’s a terrible script with back and forth implausibility. I’d say both are true at different points.
If you like ER shows and/or you liked “Breaking Bad” you’ll enjoy the hybrid. There’s a bit more dark humor in “Nurse Jackie.” A spoonful of humor helps the medicine go down I suppose. But is this medicine? How else can a show present such dark subject matter?
Where to Begin
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My wife just started a blog. If you guys have time, head over there and give her some encouragement. Thanks!!!
The Hateful Eight (2015)
Movies 101 says it better than me.
Movies 101 says it better than me.
New Theme: Twenty Sixteen
Yes please 🙂
Yes please 🙂
Opinion Battles Year Two Is Open to Enter
I’m participating starting in January!
I’m participating starting in January!
Southpaw
Jake Gyllenhaal and Forest Whittaker shine in this boxing movie. Thankfully for me, I’m not a boxing fan, it’s more about finding motivation amidst despair.
A friend told me it didn’t have much boxing so I thought I could stomach it. I did like the Rocky movies and others like it since like “Warrior” for example. Still, I wasn’t sold with the trailers on this one. I’m happy to say, in spite of a lot of boxing, I really enjoyed this movie. The story is “Southpaw’s” strong point.
We live in such dark and uncertain times of bomb threats and terrorism that a movie with this message is just what the psychiatrist ordered. Where do you find the motivation to fight when all you love is gone? “Southpaw” portrays a guy in a low state such as this. The boxing is the metaphor for survival and it’s a universal struggle being portrayed.
Third Rate Romance
Tell us your funniest relationship disaster story. Source: Third Rate Romance | The Daily Post I once had an eccentric gf. She got bossy at times but at the time I figured beggars couldn’t be choosers. I was a pathetic loser, I see it now. Low self esteem had something to do with it along…
Tell us your funniest relationship disaster story.
Source: Third Rate Romance | The Daily Post
I once had an eccentric gf. She got bossy at times but at the time I figured beggars couldn’t be choosers. I was a pathetic loser, I see it now. Low self esteem had something to do with it along with having little or no experience dating. I was 27!
Your might have called me a late bloomer. She made my side of the relationship a honey do-list. One of them was I had to watch the weekly episode of “Dawson’s Creek” with her as it came out every week. Funny thing is, I actually started liking it myself. I was her plaything but in retrospect, it was ok, I didn’t protest much.
Night Time Rituals & Unexpected Guests
Tuesday, December 15, 2015 Do you end your day the same way every day? What are your nighttime traditions? Source: BlogHer Writing Lab December 2015 Prompts You walk into your home to find a couple you don’t know sitting in your living room, eating a slice of cake. Tell us what happens next. Source: Unexpected…
Tuesday, December 15, 2015 Do you end your day the same way every day? What are your nighttime traditions?
Source: BlogHer Writing Lab December 2015 Prompts
You walk into your home to find a couple you don’t know sitting in your living room, eating a slice of cake. Tell us what happens next.