Maybe Hugh Laurie wasn’t appearing all that a lot whereas taking part in Dr. Gregory Home?
The ten-time Emmy-nominated British actor acquired slightly bit tetchy after a social media person critiqued his present, the enduringly standard medical drama Home.
In a viral tweet, freelance journalist Janet Murray opined that the Common Tv-produced Home was all fairly formulaic and repetitive, to wit, episodes would observe the sample of: “Affected person has mysterious sickness. Hugh Laurie (Home) will get prognosis improper. Affected person practically dies.”
Then: “Hugh Laurie will get prognosis improper once more. Will get threatened with being fired. Affected person practically dies once more.”
And eventually: “Hugh Laurie has final minute leftfield concept. Will get prognosis proper. Doesn’t get fired.”
Murray concluded by scoffing, “Eight seasons of this?”
The tweet has been considered over one million occasions, however to Murray’s shock, Laurie replied, in typical Gregory Home style, to defend his present. “Thanks in your critique, Janet. We truly tried a few episodes the place Home (Hugh Laurie) (please put the brackets in the fitting place) will get it proper first time, however they have been solely 6 minutes lengthy. NBC weren’t blissful.”
Warming to the theme, Laurie continued, “Then we tried some the place Home by no means will get it proper and the affected person dies. The viewers wasn’t blissful. One might apply your trenchant evaluation to different artwork varieties: JS Bach wrote 30 Goldberg variations on the identical chord construction; Frida Kahlo painted 50 portraits of herself; Henry Moore, what?? The purpose is, or was, variations on a theme; if all you see is hospital, medical blah blah, then it wasn’t meant for you.”
Laurie ended his tweet with the pithy rejoinder aimed toward Murray, “Nonetheless, I look ahead to your first novel!”
Home ran for eight seasons on Fox from 2004 to 2012 and was nominated for excellent drama sequence on the Emmys 4 occasions, though it by no means received. Laurie himself was Emmy-nominated six occasions for enjoying Gregory Home, however alas, a lot to Janet’s settlement maybe, by no means secured a win.
