House Matters
Want to join a raging debate about what makes a hospital drama good, bad or enthralling? You’ve come to the right place!
House M.D.with its likeable yet super grumpy—not to mention blunt, odd, and generally very real-doctor-like—leading man has somehow found the perfect formula to please almost everyone. But still the debate continues! Even House, hallowed as it has become, is not safe from the beady eyes of the greedy viewing public who will stop at nothing to complain about every single thing (and also comment with appaling use of the English language, as can be seen by hitting the link). Some say they want to see more deaths and others say they want to see more recoveries. And what a question: seeing as hospital is the very last place that almost everyone on the planet wants to end up in—second only, maybe, to the dentist and a Chris De Burgh live show—how come we all love watching the grumpy git House so much?
Well, the answer is pretty obvious from where I am sitting; it’s just quite fun to watch other people having a horrendous nightmare of a day, isn’t it? Providing they’re fictional of course. That way we don’t feel guilt or shame. Not surprising considering gladiator fighting and watching public hangings used to be the norm, I suppose. Nowadays we watch Eastenders—if you’re in the States or anywhere but the UK then I’m sure you can find a similar equivalent—during the day, to see if a member of the Mitchell family might have either died or killed someone, and then we put House on. What better way to see an evening through than that double whammy?