Grey's Anatomy pauses production in solidarity with national shutdown
The long-running medical drama stopped production on Friday as crew members took part in the national anti-ICE protests.
Ellen Pompeo on Grey's Anatomy, Image: ABC
America’s rising discontent in the face of the actions taken by the Trump White House and ICE—both on a national level, and in the city of Minneapolis specifically—continues to find expressions everywhere, even in what’s supposed to be the more deliberately frivolous world of pop culture. Take, for instance, ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, which, at 22 seasons and counting, is about as well-oiled a TV-making machine as you could hope to see at this point. Nevertheless, the series declared a production stopdown today, in honor of calls for a nationwide work stoppage in response to the violence and unrest committed and provoked by federal authorities in the Twin Cities.
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