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So Is McDreamy Quitting “Grey’s” or Not???
“Grey’s Anatomy” star Patrick Dempsey is doing a whole lotta backtracking after telling Italian “Vanity Fair” that he was not returning to the show after the next season. He said, “It will be my last.” Adding, “I don’t know what will happen with the other characters, but for me, it’s done.”
Well, that seems pretty cut and dry, right? I guess not. B/c now Patrick’s flack, uhm, I mean publicist, is saying that McDreamy was taken out of context! Say it ain’t so! A star misquoted?
Dempsey’s publicist tells Entertainment Weekly that he was only talking about his contract being up and that he was unsure what the future held. Speculation is Mr. Dempsey is looking for some big time ABC cash to drop at his McDoorstep. That’s silly. Celebrities would never threaten to leave to get more money. Never. {insert laugh here}.
Shonda, Oh, Shonda, What DID You Do???
I will be the first to tell you that I worship in the church of Shonda Rhimes, Exec Producer and creator of “Grey’s Anatomy.” I sing the praises of this woman. She is brilliant and the show she creates weekly continues to draw me in. Last year’s season finale featuring a gunman on the loose in the hospital should go down in television history as one of the best finales ever. BUT…
Last night’s “Grey’s” musical episode didn’t just jump the shark, it jumped a whale! Shonda, what the heck were you thinking? Didn’t you ever hear of a show called “Cop Rock?” We didn’t like singing cops and we don’t like singing doctors. Why? It’s not natural to the storyline. In “Glee,” the students are in the glee club and Mr. Sheu teaches them. They are supposed to sing, but doctors do not sing. EVER. I have never once heard my doctor sing my diagnosis (and I know for sure I would walk out if he did).
Shonda, we have come to love the characters of Seattle Grace for various reasons and we have come to truly know them, thanks in great part to you, but seeing them sing while trying to save Cali’s life was just…odd. More than odd…bizarre. It felt so out of character for these characters. I just couldn’t embrace it. I know you have said this is something you really wanted to do for a long time now, but some ideas are just better left on the writing room wall.
In short, keep up the drama, the love, the angst, the life or death save… and leave the singing to “Glee.”
