If there are 5 unique cities in the country including New Orleans & SA, why not use the actual city because there's no substitute for unique. Might as well film it in Portland for how different it's from SA. Shooting in Alb is completely out of touch. After seeing it is filmed in Albuquerque, I must ask why they never thought to film in SA which would be MUCH less expensive and give them local shots. How I wish life could imitate art in this. In the real world, most of those would get someone in real trouble with the hospital policies since there is always that ONE person who complains and creates an actual incident out of a harmless prank as an HR issue. In the show there are lots of pranks which are often funny and good spirited. It would be great of the writers to interface the hospital staff with the Burn unit at Fort Sam which is widely considered the best burn center in the world. Maybe they could reach out to Robert Rodriguez in Austin to grab some talent that would make an impact (no pun intended). They rely on cliché actors which unfortunately becomes rather bland quite quickly. Reminding you that I have no Mexican heritage, hopefully you can see my point about the fact that the writers simply don't get the SA culture. San Antonio embraces this which creates a more congenial atmosphere. If you're not Mexican and you speak some of the language, it's normal but in California it's often shunned. It's just part of the culture in SA while in California there's more of a stigma to it. I feel slightly insulted they rely on a Mexican to translate to local immigrant families when in reality many of the staff who have skin of a different color (white or black, etc) would also be fluent. They're treated like doctors and given the same responsibilities except that a doctor simply has to review/sign off on their charts so they're NOT treated like assistants like in the show While actual specific privileges vary between states, they're treated like doctors almost universally. A Physician's Assistant is an ACTUAL Title and has the same power as a Nurse Practitioner which have specific boards they have to pass, get their own patients, and write prescriptions. Only the white guys can reach out to other white guys in the military when they need military help? The show also calls it wrong in hiring someone as a Physician's Assistant and treating them like a Physician's aide. It is good to see how the former military still maintain contact with current military but they always ask the white guys when they need military help and they seriously downplay the Asian doctor's service when it comes to phoning a friend for help. Many of those military also have brown skin. Things they hit right are the military that come here and when they get out they stay here. You can't swing a dead cat in San Antonio without hitting a church or a restaurant that has breakfast tacos. Only place in the country with this unique combination. The countryside was settled by Germans and Poles in the early 1800's so you find incredible Polish Sausage and Kielbasa so even if they don't speak English, the restaurant has good sausage in the breakfast tacos. This is a normal tortilla filled with eggs / potatoes / chorizo / cheese / bacon or sausage. Elsewhere, this would not make sense, but in SA, its the Breakfast Taco. That is totally the EXCEPTION for San Antonio. After their shift they talk about going out for pancakes and grits. I may be lily white, but where I shop, eat, and do anything, I am surrounded by not just 85%/15% white / black people. There are more black people in this hospital than Mexican people which is insultingly wrong. There are few Mexicans on the staff whereas the hospitals in SA are representative of the local populace. The city still embraces that heritage regardless of your particular race. It was part of Mexico BEFORE it was part of Texas or the USA. First, San Antonio is a MAJORITY Mexican (yes, Mexican, not Hispanic and not a pejorative) city. Where this show really misses the marks are to focus on the reality of the culture. They miss a lot of cultural points unique to San Antonio and the actor lineup of the guests are all standard LA actors you see in many shows around the networks. I like this series and this hits many good marks on the point of the show plus contentious points in real life.
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