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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Scrubs? That sucks. No episodes come to mind, do you happen to remember which one(s)?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm seeing that as an on the nose joke about racism, but it doesn't seem very offensive, and I'm not seeing anything about transphobia. Care to enlighten me?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It’s possible it was in season 9 since no one watched more than its first episode

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

There is no season 9.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean I've seen every one, but granted it's been years. Nothing is jumping out at first remembering

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe something with the Todd? It would almost have to be if it’s there

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah The Todd was great, they joked about him coming on strong but his sexuality was never the butt of anything meanspirited. As far as I recall his realization that he was bi was tasteful enough.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No you’re totally right, and now that I think about it it could be Kelso too calling one of his son Harrison’s lovers a t slur or something similar

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

The Todd advertises his website which includes the T slur on his shirt in one episode.

His character is also, imo, bi-erasure. The episode where he "comes out" as bi, nobody even says the word bi. When asked "what are you," he just says "I'm the Todd."

Further, he plays into the stereotype that bi people are extra promiscuous or sexually deviant.

So no, I do not think Todd gets a pass.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I mentioned this further down the thread, but Scrubs is full of micro aggressions.

I mean, pretty much the very first joke in the series is JD asking Turk if he's allowed to say the N word.

There's an episode where the theme is whether Turk is black.

As for trans-specific problems, Todd advertises his website with the T slur in it on his T-shirt one episode.

He's also a prime example of bi-erasure as when he "comes out," nobody says bi the whole episode, and it's like the whole cast can't conceive of someone liking both men and women. Not to mention the bi stereotype that we're all sexual deviants and overly promiscuous.

Frankly, I could go on for a while. Scrubs was fine for its time. It does not hold up well. Shame because it was my favorite show for a very long time. But I'm glad society has grown.