Scrubs star Zach Braff has said the beloved sitcom is “way too un-PC” for modern audiences.
The actor and his co-star Donald Faison have launched a new podcast, Fake Doctors Real Friends, in which they re-watch old episodes of the show and reminisce on what they were like to film.
Discussing the experience of revisiting a series that first came out almost 20 years ago, Braff told the BBC: “Some of it is way too un-PC, I’m sure, for now. We often cringe and go, 'Okay, you definitely couldn’t do that joke today.'
“Sometimes even at the time things would get censored because the creators were trying to push things as far as they could on network television.”
While Braff didn’t refer to which of the jokes could alienate modern audiences, Scrubs has been criticised in recent years for its perceived misogyny, and for using homosexuality as a punchline and stereotyping BAME characters.
Faison, however, said the show’s subject matter keeps it relevant to today’s viewers. "With this whole pandemic going on, right now we should shine a light on all of the people in the medical profession,” he said.
"So I definitely think Scrubs still holds up. For the simple fact that there are still people in the medical profession who're going through the same things."
