Doctors in Popular Culture post #2
Following group work and class invention strategies, I was inspired to think about how my subject is unique and how I can emphasize this for my paper. Because there is technically only one doctor that is mainly highlighted in my film, I decided to explore the idea that doctor-like figures can exist even without the title of doctor. I also decided to include more ways in which the value of unconventionality is represented in my film. I thought about the connotations of unconventionality in the medical profession and thought of including “professionalism” as a contrasting value that is rejected.
My initial thought on the main doctor character I am writing about in my essay was that he is an advocate of “tough love” and is controlling. Following class invention strategies, I have refined my immediate thoughts on Dr. Beckham and decided to ascribe the value of paternalism to him. As a result of group work, I was made aware of the tradition of paternalism being attributed to representations of doctors which made it feel even more relevant for me to write about.
Link to a short explanatory video on paternalism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvOIRe7pb3U
(Marcus Welby a paternalistic doctor figure in popular culture during the 70’s)
image from: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/marcus_welby_m_d_
I think that the contrast between unconventionality and professionalism is a very common trope in many of the shows and movies we all watched. However, I agree that your focus on paternalism and that idea that anyone with certain characteristics will help to show how your movie is unique compared to many of the others.
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