Spittle..Spittle…Spat!
July 16, 2007 amyleesspace
CODES THAT WILL COME IN HANDY WHILE READING:
IW- Isaiah Washington
TR-Tr Knightly
PD-Patrick Dempsey
I have debated with myself about whether or not I should blog on this topic, and I have decided I will.
I am going to talk about one of the BEST shows on fall television, Grey’s Anatomy. I absolutely love this show, there are several “hospital” shows on tv these days, this is by far one of the greatest!
As most of you have probably heard about the Grey’s Anatomy nonsense that has been going on since last October.
If you haven’t I will give you a brief summary on the situation. Isaiah Washington (Dr. Burke) got into a steamy little argument with Patrick Dempsey (Dr. McDreamy) on set in regards to PD being late all the time. Apparently IW likes punctuality and takes his job very seriously. (I guess he would never want to work with Wences or I…(punctuality)..) During this heated argument IW said the following statement:
“The argument, which he said stemmed from his frustration with Dempsey being late to the set, heated up to the point where it almost got physical.
“(Dempsey) became unhinged, face to face, spittle in my face. I’m asking him ‘why are you sceaming at me?’ He became irate. By that time I pushed him out of my face and I began to say ‘there’s no way you’re going treat me like a ‘b word,’ a ‘p word,’ or a ‘f word’ in front of this crew.”
Asked by King to explain what three words he meant, Washington said “a four-legged dog” (most likely he meant to say “female” dog); a “punk”; and the anti-gay slur beginning with “f” which he said he used to mean “someone who is being weak, someone who is not treated with respect” rather than a homosexual.”
Some little weasal gets a hold of this story, sells it to the National Enquirer, and it is ON from there!!!!
TR Knightly (George) takes this comment personaly as he is a homosexual. Goes on the Ellen Degenres show and states that IW was referring to him in his comment. HELLO TR was not even in the conversation it was between PD and IW. TR just took the comment personally and MADE it be a slur against him because he is gay. What better a show to go on than Ellen to try and prove this point. I say GET OVER IT TR!
Then comes the Golden Globes, quick over view of what happened here..
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“Things seemed to die down as the weeks went by, but Washington opened up fresh wounds in January during cast interviews in the press room backstage at the Golden Globes. After a tabloid reporter repeatedly questioned cast members about the October argument, Washington blurted out, “I never called T.R. Knight a ‘faggot.’”
So naturally all of the “Pro homo” groups jump all over this, try to make this a personal attack on the homosexual society. Give me a break, they will just use anything they can to try and prove “woe is me, everyone is against us waah waah waah!”
IW does everything he can to make things right, knowing that he didn’t intend for his comments to be taken as they were. He still was a man and did what he (and ABC) thought necessary to put this behind him and the show.Well they finish out this season, and oh what do you know Dr. Burke (Isaiah Washington) doesn’t end up marrying Christiana (Sandra Oh) at the end after all… HMMMM could this be some foreshadowing of things to come… I think so people…
So here comes July, all over the news “Isaiah Washington fired from Grey’s Anatomay” or should I use the more politicaly correct term, “His contract was not renewed.” Which is basically the same thing as saying he was fired. NONSENSE!! This is just nonsense I tell you! What happened to the 5th ammendment here…FREEDOM OF SPEECH! His comments were not directed towards TR Knightly or any other homosexual for that matter, I just think it is ridiculous how this got so twisted; and now IW’s character is questioned.
Well I say, Good bye Grey’s Anatomay, good bye forever! Once you break up the original cast of any show that has had the success that this show has had your doomed.
Let’s just keep to business here people, why does all the uncessary drama need to be added, and then it’s ruined for everyone.
There are my thoughts on this matter, I think they are clear
Any other input?
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1. amyleesspace&hellip | July 16, 2007 at 9:05 pm
I wanted to add a link incase anyone was interested in checking out the story further.
http://cbs11tv.com/entertainment/entertainment_story_184092650.html
2. danielbalc&hellip | July 16, 2007 at 9:35 pm
I didn’t understand a single word of this entire post.
3. amyleesspace&hellip | July 16, 2007 at 9:58 pm
Do you watch Grey’s Anatomy?
If you don’t then I guess you wouldn’t.
4. Midge&hellip | July 16, 2007 at 11:02 pm
I have yet to start or finish Season 3…thanks for the spoiler AMUS!!!
I will say that I’m now convinced (thank you Emily and Amy) that McSteamy is WAY hotter than McDreamy!!
5. Albino Hayford&hellip | July 17, 2007 at 4:13 pm
I was wondering why my wife recorded this show every week. NOW I KNOW!!!
6. amyleesspace&hellip | July 17, 2007 at 4:47 pm
Albino- LOL, This show is awesome!
I don’t know about this upcoming season though, my view has changed on several of the characters
Midge- Sorry for the spoiler, you need to catch up lady!!
7. 5najeras&hellip | July 17, 2007 at 4:56 pm
No problem Midge, we knew you’d see the light eventually!
8. brwniidgrl110&hellip | July 21, 2007 at 1:57 am
Ok, for one, I completely understood everything that you wrote on this subject.
I can understand both sides of this. I’m upset that “IW” is fired. He really was one of the people who made the show, and him and Christina really needed to get married. I agree with you whereas it is hard to watch a show without the original cast. The show could lose a lot of viewers over this, or not.
I can also understand the end of why they fired him. I guess I look at it as if it were a job in the “real world” If we were to use that language at work, not matter how it was meant, it could be considered a form of prejudism. We definetly do not want prejudism in this world, although it is here. But normally on a first offense someone is just warned, or written up. The fact that Tr Knightly went on Ellen to announce this was not very professional. So there you have two different people on their job, being unprofessional. So why wasn’t Tr Knightly fired for airing Grey’s “dirty laundry” on Ellen? It seems to me that the show was afraid of bad publicity for keeping a “prejudiced” actor on the show, but they don’t take into consideration as to whom is giving the show the bad rep? I say the person who made the comment, and the person who told everyone about the comment. So maybe they should’ve both been fired?
I guess the moral of the whole thing is that, we should all have the respect to not use words that could hurt others, not only because it’s hurtful, but because it can be taken the wrong way by someone who may hear it.
And something else to think about, If Tr Knightly were to use the “n” word as many people use, but not in the way it is meant as a racial slurr, would IW have done the same thing that Tr did? Hmmm…
9. flopitlikeitswarm&hellip | July 26, 2007 at 2:44 am
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU AMY! I cant believe all the drama surrounding the show! I LOVE IT TOO! And I am so sad that IW will not be on it anymore… It is so ridiculous!
Goodness… drama! What are we going to do?!
I agree with Midge… McSteamy is sooo way hotter! haha…
(P.s.. I FINALLY wrote a blog!)
10. danielbalc&hellip | July 30, 2007 at 10:08 pm
Amy, have you picked out a name yet? I think you should write a post where people vote to name your child. That would be blogger commitment to the extreme. I have three suggestions…
Jesus
LaDanian
Daniel
11. brwniidgrl110&hellip | September 15, 2007 at 4:23 am
McDreamy is MUCH hotter, LOL!