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updated grey's writers' blog

****UPDATED 05/18/06 19:54*****
I can't see this on my mac, but it is a video shot for the ABC upfronts (a presentation by the network to potential ad execs). Remember the superbowl episdoe? George's dream/fantasy in the shower? Well, they spoofed it. Check it out here. Oh! Hahahahahahaha! I just saw it here,YouTube.

FYI- Shonda Rhimes has posted her thoughts on writing the finale on the grey's blog.



Highlights (SPOILERISH):

She did not want to write off Denny, but his character was written to be killed.

One good thing from Denny's tragedy- "Denny has been loved. And he dies knowing he was loved. And knowing that he loved back."

“Losing My Religion” was the name of the episode because each of the interns lets go of something. George- Meredith, Christina-perfection, Izzie-Idealism, Meredith-just lets go.

I didn't realize it but the prom clothes the interns were in were actually mourning clothes. They were all in dark colors, all but Izzie who was in happy pink. Only Izzie looks like she didn’t know this was coming.

Shonda loved the shot of Izzie wallking down the stairs with Alex and George behind her. I liked that shot, too. Shonda says, "Izzie has this fallen queen thing going on that I just adore."

Shonda always wanted to write in a prom and she also wanted to give the show an 80's movie feel. The scene where the interns give their speeches to the chief was her homage to the breakfast club.

Sanda Oh is brilliant. "And then you see her give that speech to the Chief (which by the way, Sandra Oh did brilliantly and perfectly EVERY SINGLE TAKE) and you see the struggle. Her struggle to suppress all of her humanity in pursuit of perfection. And in my mind, what we realize is that she is not cold. She is terrified. Scared that if she lets her emotions out, they will overtake her and she will be hurt. And you can’t hate her. Because it’s so incredibly human and understandable."

posted by Gwen @ 11:08 AM