Unfortunately this movie is much too dirty for me. I'm not talking about off color language or offensive sexist, racist or homophobic jokes, I am talking about harmful bacteria and antibiotic resistant strains of filthy microorganisms, such as staph...multiple strains of bacilli, or noro virus to name a couple of possible pathogens.
I take great issue with one particular segment of the movie, when Amy Schumer's character's dad, played by Colin Quinn (now an older dude- making me feel REALLY old as he was originally from my MTV watching days of long gone youth) who is unnecessarily living in a nursing home, falls.. and gets a bloody gash on his forehead. The facility can't seem to respond adequately to this event, so the boyfriend character, who is a doctor, and who is just visiting the nursing home, and who is trying to impress his new girlfriend, stitches it up with his handy doctor kit that he carries everywhere, even on his day off! This is done against the patient's consent to boot.
I am all for good Samaritan acts, especially in emergencies, but what kind of surgeon would perform this service, especially when not having privileges or any professional role at the facility, and who does not even bother to superficially clean or disinfect the area treated, or even assess the patient for a head injury?
He just starts stitching up the wound, likely introducing infectious bacteria to the circulatory system with each stitch... yuck. And if the fall was on the floor of a long term nursing facility the possibilities of strains of organisms are endless!
I take issue with this blatant display of medical malpractice and poor technique. Obviously there is a conflict of interest= trying to impress the girl at the expense of the patient! wrong! We need a medical ethics consultant for Judd Apatow's next endeavor..
But I did enjoy the finale with the cheerleaders! And the cameos. Go LeBron!
No comments:
Post a Comment