Scrubs has been around since 2001 and it is still going Strong. This TV series has many factors which are considered postmodern. This TV series is on channels like E4 and T4 religiously and have a wide target audience.
Scrubs has many different genres and keeps switching between the two. This series is a medical drama, a comedy and a sometimes a musical. The example below turns from talking normally to a musical. However, the first part of the song is a parody and the music is similar to the Grease song. This is also an intertextual reference.
Mixing up the genre's is also a form of hybrid (bricolage)
In the ninth season they made a new title sequences and in this series the theme tune is the same tune as 'superman.' This is postmodern in itself as it is taking an existing piece of music and turning it into something new.
From Strinati's five features, Scrubs falls under confusion over time and space. This is a subtle element and the use it throughout all of their shows. An example of this is when they have just taken a patient into the operating theatre and after using the fade in and fade out, they showed the patient back out of the operating theatre. Another confusion over time and space postmodern element is that this TV show uses flashbacks.
Scrubs has many different genres and keeps switching between the two. This series is a medical drama, a comedy and a sometimes a musical. The example below turns from talking normally to a musical. However, the first part of the song is a parody and the music is similar to the Grease song. This is also an intertextual reference.
Mixing up the genre's is also a form of hybrid (bricolage)
In the ninth season they made a new title sequences and in this series the theme tune is the same tune as 'superman.' This is postmodern in itself as it is taking an existing piece of music and turning it into something new.
From Strinati's five features, Scrubs falls under confusion over time and space. This is a subtle element and the use it throughout all of their shows. An example of this is when they have just taken a patient into the operating theatre and after using the fade in and fade out, they showed the patient back out of the operating theatre. Another confusion over time and space postmodern element is that this TV show uses flashbacks.
Good work, Gemma. Nice post covering lots of PoMo concepts.
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