On January 15, the medical comedy "Dean Park of Internal Medicine" premiered in South Korea. The drama is starred by Two powerful actors, Lee Seo-jin and Luo Meilan, both of whom have extremely strong comedic talents, and the drama tension is full of drama when playing in the same frame; the story aspect adopts the narrative mode of sitcom, telling the laughter and tears in the process of "the protagonist Dr. Park opening a hospital" in the nonsense plot, which triggers the audience's thinking in the laughter.
Nonsense spoof medical sitcom
At the beginning, there were only two impressions in the hearts of the audience of medical dramas, that is, thrill and warmth. In "Romantic Doctor Jin", the doctors race against time to take back the lives of patients from the hands of death; the "Witty Doctor's Life" series coexists with the kindness of warm doctors, even if the cruel elements of farewell to death carry a healing tone.
Later, the "black element" was added to the medical drama, from the real presentation of the struggle for power in the hospital in "Life", to the villainous fight against evil with the character of the doctor as the protagonist in "Prisoner Doctor", all with a strong dramatic conflict and coolness different from traditional medical dramas.
The launch of "Dean Park of Internal Medicine" is also different from the traditional medical theme Korean dramas in the past, not to "present the process of doctors saving lives and helping the injured", but to take the "nonsense spoof sitcom route", using pseudo-documentary forms to shoot various hilarious events in the process of the protagonist Dr. Park opening a hospital, giving the audience a happy viewing experience.
The first episode of the opening shows the risks of "opening a hospital on its own". Due to the poor site selection, President Park did not welcome the patient for a long time, and only did one thing for a whole day, that is, looking at the door like a still picture, hoping that a patient would push the door in. How hot and eager Dr. Park's eyes are in the picture, and how strong the comedic effect presented is.
After realizing that there may be a problem with his own way of doing business, President Park shamelessly asked the doctors of other hospitals around him for experience, but the answer he got was not as "positive" as he thought. Some doctors pretend to be patients and praise themselves on the Internet, so as to form the illusion of superb medical skills to successfully attract a large number of customers; some doctors have fraudulent visits, knowing that women do not like the scruples of male doctors to see gynecology, so they directly change their names to feminine names, thus attracting a lot of business.
In the picture, the heads of the other doctors when they teach their experiences are Tao, which contrasts sharply with the loveless expression of Park Deansheng who came to learn the scriptures, and is full of laughter.
In addition to the unreliability of doctors, the patients who come to see President Park for treatment also have their own "drama essence attributes", or chatter for half an hour but do not tell where they are uncomfortable, or sell products in the name of seeing a doctor, and the imaginary professional diagnosis and treatment becomes a waste of time.
One second Dean Park was touched by the nurse's words of "to eat on time" to incoherence, and the next second the story atmosphere turned sharply, it turned out that the nurse did not care about whether President Park wanted to eat, but because the nurse wanted to eat the troop pot shop must be sent in two parts, and then found an excuse to pull Dean Park together.
Such nonsensical and hilarious plots can be seen everywhere in the series, bringing alternative medical stories to the audience, presenting another kind of "witty doctor life" in one plot after another close to life, learning from other doctors in order to make the hospital business better, and worrying all day because there is no patient affair. There is some spoof element in presenting dramatic conflict, but it is more of a very humane pyrotechnic atmosphere of life.
A midlife crisis hidden under a comedy story
In the episode, the setting of dean Park's character image is very interesting. Years of hard reading in the cold window of medical school, and then get the return of hair loss, high blood lipids, gout, in front of the camera to take off the wig to reveal the "Mediterranean" hairstyle of the comedic tension, successfully won the bullet screen full of hahaha.
Dean Park and his wife Shi Mulin have a very deep affection, supporting each other and relying on each other. Therefore, even in the case of opening a hospital in debt, it is spoiled to meet the various requirements of the wife to buy and buy. The wife also cares about President Park very much, dressing herself as a pig's head that means making a lot of money when the hospital opens, and the sweet and greasy love of the middle-aged man instantly overflows the screen.
On the surface, it looks like a comedy, but in fact the background of the story is a cruel midlife crisis. In the details of President Park's efforts to save money and not install wifi in the hospital, he shows economic embarrassment, and the strong self-esteem of middle-aged entrepreneurs is constructed in the strong words of Dr. Park and his wife when they call, "You can rest assured that there are many patients in the hospital".
Against the backdrop of the emaciated wallet, President Park began to think about what unnecessary expenses could be cut in the hospital. After the cuts were not successful, and because the hospital was not full of staff after the opening of the pediatric department, the budget was increased, and a new male nurse was recruited to strive to provide the best service to patients.
There are many details such as these in the series, and the cruelty and distress of the mid-life crisis are detailed and truly presented, which is full of highlights.
A warm emotion that belongs exclusively to the medical subject
In the end, "Dean Park of Internal Medicine" is positioned as a medical drama, and this background setting is indispensable to the story of "doctor-patient getting along". In this regard, the series adopts a two-line parallel approach of the past and the present, starting from the story that happened in the past time and space, telling the audience why President Park will become the insistence of "continuing to open even if the hospital loses money".
In the past time and space, Dean Park made a serious mistake, almost causing the baby to die by drowsiness and dozing off during the treatment of the baby. Although he dozed off because his work task was too heavy, this still made Dean Park feel very remorseful. Especially after the baby's mother mistakenly believes that she saved the child, she regrets and feels guilty, vows to never make such a mistake again, and to be a good doctor who gives everything for the patient.
In the follow-up internship, Dean Park was infected by the "strong sense of survival" of patients suffering from acute leukemia but still actively treating patients, and finally understood the sacred mission of being a doctor and how heavy the eyes of the patient's family members were on the doctor.
The past dealings with life and death, and the trust between patients and their families have made President Park a good doctor who is "willing to give everything for patients". So even if the plot of Dean Park cutting the toenails for the patient's grandmother in the episode is not surprising, because its essence is so kind.
These "warm stories between doctors and patients" that occurred in the past time and space also construct a healing and warm medical group portrait, showing the nobility and responsibility of the profession of doctors.
The ultimate issue of reality and ideals
Finally, back to the matter of "President Park's middle-aged entrepreneurship and opening of a hospital". Private hospitals in the Korean healthcare system are very profitable, and it is very common for doctors to jump out of public hospitals to create portals.
The ensuing issues are the trade-off between profit and the benevolence of the healer, and the ultimate issue of reality and ideals.
In addition to Dean Park, there are many other doctors in the story, some of whom insist on their duties as doctors, and some of whom violate their original intentions because of their interests. Even if the symptoms are not so severe, the exaggerated tone makes the patient nervous and over-treated. The contrast between the two forms a strong contrast.
Between the interests and the benevolence of the doctors, Dean Park chose the latter, even if he is heavily indebted, he must give patients the best treatment environment and diagnosis and treatment experience.
Unfortunately, this behavior of thinking about patients did not bring good business to the hospital, but because of The kind character of President Park, the patient's family members became more and more inching. After the opening of the Pediatric Internal Medicine Department, parents allowed the bear children to make a big fuss in the hospital, and even cheekily put forward the request of "I hope that the kind President Park will help his younger son to see it" after seeing the disease of the eldest son, and the absurdity of buying one and getting one free is to the extreme.
After comparison, it is obvious that the biggest reason for the poor operation of the hospital run by President Park is actually President Park's "kind character" and too idealistic intention to stick to the original intention in the private hospital that has long been profitable. On the other hand, the doctors who have long abandoned their principles are very moist.
But this does not mean that President Park's choice is wrong, nor does it mean that President Park cannot choose ideals and reality at the same time. Under the comedic style setting, there will inevitably be more unexpected nonsense plot developments in the follow-up story, whether reality wins or ideals will accept reality as "little brother", it is still uncertain.