Maybe Hugh Laurie wasn’t appearing all that a lot whereas taking part in Dr. Gregory House?
The ten-time Emmy-nominated British actor received slightly bit tetchy after a social media consumer critiqued his present, the enduringly well-liked medical drama Home.
In a viral tweet, freelance journalist Janet Murray opined that the Common Tv-produced Home was all somewhat formulaic and repetitive, to wit, episodes would comply with the sample of: “Patient has mysterious illness. Hugh Laurie (House) gets diagnosis wrong. Patient nearly dies.”
Then: “Hugh Laurie gets diagnosis wrong again. Gets threatened with being fired. Patient nearly dies again.”
And at last: “Hugh Laurie has last minute leftfield idea. Gets diagnosis right. 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 vogue, to defend his present. “Thanks for your critique, Janet. We actually tried a couple of episodes where House (Hugh Laurie) (please put the brackets in the right place) gets it right first time, but they were only 6 minutes long. NBC weren’t happy.”
Warming to the theme, Laurie continued, “Then we tried some where House never gets it right and the patient dies. The audience wasn’t happy. One could apply your trenchant analysis to other art forms: JS Bach wrote 30 Goldberg variations on the same chord structure; Frida Kahlo painted 50 portraits of herself; Henry Moore, what?? The point 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 forward to your first novel!”
Home ran for eight seasons on Fox from 2004 to 2012 and was nominated for excellent drama collection on the Emmys 4 occasions, though it by no means gained. Laurie himself was Emmy-nominated six occasions for taking part in Gregory Home, however alas, a lot to Janet’s settlement maybe, by no means secured a win.
