Really Great with Minor Caveats
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“I was so excited to see an ER podcast especially from people who are my age, who watched as kids and revisiting as adults. Overall I enjoy hearing their takes and love that Elizabeth provides great little clips of moments in the show. I really needed this podcast right now as a lovely escape.
I’m almost at the end of season one and there is a concerning pattern that keeps emerging. Initially I was so excited to hear them highlight the smaller extras and call out the ones who went on to more notable screen roles further in their careers. It’s fun to recognize actors and it reminded me of the podcast “I Was There Too” that celebrates extras and character actors.
Here however, it seems that actors fall into two camps: a “nobody” or a “somebody”. What’s constantly missed are actors who didn’t have large screen roles but were career theatre actors (like Sanford Meisner who they did mention his incredible teaching career but made it sound like he never really acted because he had few screen credits). It might seem like a small bone to pick but it’s become a constant pattern that I can’t ignore. Words like “insignificant”, “nobody”, “unremarkable” and other rough comments that I don’t think are meant to be cruel but come off as such after listening to 20 episodes. “She didn’t go off to do anything.” “I expected to see more credits.” Yikes...
The commentary about names is also hard to listen after a while. Consistently referring to someone as having a “weird” name gets pretty off putting. I don’t think the intention is to be cruel but “weird” carries a negative connotation that I don’t think this podcast is going for.
I don’t work in entertainment and this isn’t about not having an opinion—I’m here for the critique of episodes and performances and genuinely will keep listening. Nurse Jen stories are a huge highlight and each host brings a unique POV to the show that I appreciate. What I’m touching on is more about limiting the discussion into “more credits = you’re better and your career choices valid” in an industry that’s way more complicated than that narrow perspective. There’s a database for Broadway actors that might be helpful (literally the Internet Broadway Database).
Cheers and I look forward to breakdowns of all the seasons!”
June the Bug via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/08/21
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“I love the weekly recaps of a show I’ve always enjoyed. The analysis of characters, plots and theme are candid and non bias.”
saretbear via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
11/15/21
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“As a fan of nostalgia podcasts, this is a great deep dive in the ER series - the hosts are well researched and sounds like they are enjoying what they are doing.”
CallmeAndie via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/24/19
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“The hosts tend to frequently bring up the outdated societal attitudes using today’s perspective, which is fine but not exactly entertaining listening (at least for me). They tend to seem a bit negative.”
mharsmlp1983 via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
01/23/23
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