F/X has a medical show with a twist - totally corrupt doctors:
"Nip/Tuck" is unusual, but the show is like FX's other critical hit, "The Shield," in one way: just as that police drama twisted convention to focus on corrupt cops, "Nip/Tuck" showcases young, talented surgeons who do not save lives. They do not even improve them.
Most of their patients are beautiful, neurotically insecure women who need hobbies, not larger breasts or smaller noses. The doctors turn away a badly burned child who needs pro bono skin grafts but not a suspicious Latin American who speaks no English and has a briefcase brimming with cash.
...The clients who demand nips, tucks and far more radical procedures do not find happiness. "I don't want to be pretty," the aspiring model whom Christian lured from bed to the operating room whispers pleadingly. "I want to be better. I want to be perfect." He dumps her before her stitches come out.
At the risk of sounding like those Italian-Americans who complain that The Sopranos sullies their reputation - this kind of show isn't exactly what the profession needs right now, in the midst of our current litigation crisis. Where's Ben Casey when you need him?
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