Ellen Pompeo Wants Grey's Anatomy to Be 'Less Preachy' About Social Issues

Grey's Anatomy often covers social issues, but in Ellen Pompeo's view, the show can be a little heavy-handed.

In the latest episode of her "Tell Me" podcast, Pompeo says that the long-running series needs to change the way it approaches stories about social issues.

"I think if I had any desire honestly it would be to be less sort of preachy in one episode about certain things," Pompeo says. "It's like, we do one episode about let's see ... Asian hate crimes is one that we did this past season that was really moving. I think I'd like to see things happen a little more subtly and over time. You know, consistently and less sort of hit you over the head for just one hour and then we never talk about it again."

She added, "I wish we could touch on these social issues that are important and have them be threads throughout."

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