After the pandemic, medical series seemed to have become immune, because reality had surpassed any fiction set in a hospital. However, after a reasonable amount of time, it's a television genre that remains relevant and with new sensibilities. After all, these types of series speak to us about life and death, about human vulnerability. Medical centers are spaces that reflect the vast majority of their social concerns.
This week, the Max platform has completed The Pitt, a magnificent series that unfolds, in real time, during the fifteen-hour workday of its protagonist, Dr. Michael Robby Ribanovich, played by actor Noa Wyle, one of the stars of the iconic ER (Emergencies). In fact, this new medical drama has been hailed as a child of that hit series, complete with legal wrangling over its creative origins.
All in all, The Pitt It has a much more realistic approach. In fact, it connects much more with the spirit of a previous series, St. Elsewhere, which on TV3 we saw how Open heartThat 1980s production became a benchmark for subsequent medical productions. Open heart It was the first American series to portray the medical field with a critical spirit, highlighting the real problems of healthcare in the United States. The Pitt maintains that goal. Both the beloved St. Eligius and The Pitt are hospitals that work with staff and resource deficits, where doctors fight for their patients, but also against the adversity of working conditions that push them to the limit. They share the concentration of dialogue in long sequence shots behind the doctors, the use ofSteadycam to almost immerse themselves in the patient, always with a committed focus on current events. There's also the hierarchy of veterans and residents typical of a university hospital to stimulate conflict.
The Pitt It is a vibrant, intense, very emotional, and sensitive ensemble drama that has a certain claustrophobic component. The entire series takes place in the hospital's emergency room, and each of the fifteen chapters recreates an hour of a fifteen-hour work day. The first chapter begins at seven in the morning with the arrival of Dr. Robby at the hospital, and the last, released this week, ends at ten at night, when the protagonist should have left. The narrative allows for the representation of the accumulation of tension, exhaustion, crises to be solved, dramas, and efforts that the doctors carry in a single day.
The differential fact of The PittHowever, it's not as unprecedented on television. It delves into the ethics of the relationship with patients, the desire to humanize medicine, and emphasizes that personal approach, good listening, and mutual respect also contribute to results in the healthcare field. The Pitt The vocational spirit of doctors is remembered, which places service to the citizen at the center of professional priorities.
