(Person) Percentage - Sabanci University Research Database

The Asian Media & Mass Communication Conference 2010 Osaka, Japan
Visual:
After suturing the male patient’s wound, Meredith was about to discharge him. No harm
for trying his luck, the patient had tried to flirt with Meredith. He came closer to Meredith
and seductively asked her for a date. The male patient suddenly kissed her and say thank
you before leaving. Derek who coincidentally seen Meredith being kissed by the patient
needed her to explain that matter.
Dialogue:
Male Patient : Darling, I will do anything you want
me to.
Meredith : What is it with you guys and your
need to dirty
everything up?
Male Patient : I don’t know. May be it’s just
testosterone, eh?
Meredith : May be. You might want to see a
doctor about that too.
In Episode 3: Winning A Battle, Losing the War (minute of episode: 10:50—11:07), the
physical flirting element was detected when the male character purposely seduced the female
character and asked her to let him to fulfill her personal inclination. The ‘personal inclination’
here meant sexual intimacy rather than anything else.
Passionate Kissing involved obscene scenes among the characters that showed kissing in order
to increase greater intimacy. In Grey’s Anatomy, this type of sexual behavior could be seen
almost in all episodes. Since there are various types of kissing behavior, the researcher and his
inter-coders had agreed to categorized passionate kissing as to kissing between two characters
with full of lust. However, the scene of kissing on the cheek (considered as friendship kiss)
would not be counted.
Visual:
Darren and Todd—a homosexual soldier couple was having a discreet relationship.
Darren was admitted at the Seattle Grace Hospital and was about to have brain surgery.
Darren’s father, who also a soldier called Todd to accompany his son (without knowing
that they are couple). Feeling worried about the surgery, Todd motivated Darren to fight
for the disease and promised to take care of him during the recovery period. Todd kissed
Darren passionately and it seems both of them had not seen each other for a period of
time.
Dialogue:
Todd : So what’s the recovery period for
brain surgery?
Meredith : It varies, but usually at least four to
six weeks.
Todd : Well, looks like you’ll be stuck with
me for four to six
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