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Call the Midwife
Apr. 13th, 2013 08:54 pmCall the Midwife: 1.01 through 1.05
I love this show! It is based on the memoirs of nurse-midwife Jenny Lee Worth, who worked in the East End of London during the early 1950s. She lives in a house with nuns and other young nurses. She is at first shocked by the poverty around her and must get used to it. They serve a lot of women before and after the birth of their children, and also do some standard nursing care. The stories are great: very human, and if there is a message so far it is about compassion, love, and non-judgement.
The most striking thing for me is that this show is about women. There is a variety of roles and stations for the women too: well-respected nurses and nuns, working women, mothers, grandmothers, and prostitutes. Some of the women in the East End are excited by motherhood, but some aren't. Some live in destitution, others in relative security. There are four young nurses and four nuns. Their are three recurring male characters so far: the handyman, the doctor, and a police man, making the ratio 8:3.
There is some emphasis on "true love" and soul mates in the episodes I just watched which I find a little annoying. This is balanced, I think, by having other kinds of love on the show: love of work, service, God, children, animals, etc. The characters are wonderful and I highly recommend this show.
It's on Netflix streaming and there are subtitles.
I love this show! It is based on the memoirs of nurse-midwife Jenny Lee Worth, who worked in the East End of London during the early 1950s. She lives in a house with nuns and other young nurses. She is at first shocked by the poverty around her and must get used to it. They serve a lot of women before and after the birth of their children, and also do some standard nursing care. The stories are great: very human, and if there is a message so far it is about compassion, love, and non-judgement.
The most striking thing for me is that this show is about women. There is a variety of roles and stations for the women too: well-respected nurses and nuns, working women, mothers, grandmothers, and prostitutes. Some of the women in the East End are excited by motherhood, but some aren't. Some live in destitution, others in relative security. There are four young nurses and four nuns. Their are three recurring male characters so far: the handyman, the doctor, and a police man, making the ratio 8:3.
There is some emphasis on "true love" and soul mates in the episodes I just watched which I find a little annoying. This is balanced, I think, by having other kinds of love on the show: love of work, service, God, children, animals, etc. The characters are wonderful and I highly recommend this show.
It's on Netflix streaming and there are subtitles.
