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Scrubs: A Comparison Essay

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There is a saying “Birds of a feather, flock together.” This adage holds most true in the context of interpersonal relationships. People (i.e. “Birds”) with similar interests, values, and personalities (i.e. “of a feather”) tend to gravitate towards one another and form relationships (i.e. “flock together”). No more is this importance of similarity evident than in the close friendship between Turk and J.D. on the TV comedy-drama Scrubs. When discussing the topic of similarity one has to invoke several characteristics of similarity that are key to maintaining complementarity. These characteristics include but are not not limited to: Ease of Interaction and Validation/Reassurance. Ease of interaction can be defined as how rewarding and reciprocable one’s interplay with another person is. Validation/Reassurance can be defined as acceptance, acknowledgement, and tolerance of other’s behaviors, ideas, and beliefs. The TV show Scrubs centers around the lives of a set of fictionalized medical students throughout their employment at a teaching hospital. Amongst those many lives are the lives of Dr. John “J.D.” Dorian and Christopher Turk, of whom an intensely close friendship is held. …show more content…

Illustrating this aspect is the “Emotional Level Scene”. In this scene, Turk is approached by JD after Turk’s fiance calls him unemotional with JD, a white male, expressing regret and apologizing to Turk, a black male, for a his comments regarding a racially insensitive poster campaign. Turk reassures JD by telling him that is alright and validating his feelings as a friend by emphasizing the totality of their friendship and racial harmony the two have always

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