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"But doesn't Jezebel know that Josh Fucking Groban was on it?"
The reference just killed me, and I had (for some reason) to come share it. (It's late. I blame sleep deprivation if this is funny to no one else. lol)
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This show is a fun, broad satire. I can't imagine that anyone takes any of these characters seriously. I just get a good laugh at some of the zinging lines, especially Jane Lynch and Iqbal Theba (the principal).
But the lipsyncing is irritating.
10/15/09
I enjoy the show because everything is so outrageous, it's funny. And the article was still refreshing to read.
10/15/09
Or QB's best buddy who screws around with his girlfriend and is an unmitigated dick?
Or the principal who's a pushover?
Honestly, I wanted to hate Glee, but every once in a while there really is nothing wrong with a campy good time. And I really, really fail to see more negativity leveled at the women than the men. Everyone gives and takes shit evenly. #glee
10/14/09
Also, I'm not entirely sure the show is meant to be taken seriously. I mean in what world would a school hire someone with previous job experience at a bathroom store as a school nurse? And also where that nurse would pass out extra doses of the base for crystal meth to help the kids focus and NOT get fired. It's really not that serious of a show. Fun, frothy and kickass covers of songs.
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And now, I will scuttle back beneath my rock.
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Fabulous! But Dionne Warwick did it much better back in the '60s.
10/14/09
It's entirely possible for something to be good and for someone to nevertheless not like it. I noticed the same thing the other day on the post where people were confessing things they didn't like that were otherwise generally popular. The early posts started out with "I don't like..." and then it devolved into "____ sucks and I dont' understand why everyone else is to stupid/uncool to agree with me."
Glee hasn't lived up to the expectations I originally had for it. That said, I don't think that makes it a terrible show. We need a little boost from the writers in the coming weeks if this show is going to hold onto it's popularity. We can't have the same old stories of Main Guys being duped by Pregnant Chicks over and over again, peppered with Nerd Girl quits the glee club every time she's upset. I'm hoping they infuse it with a bit more than that.
Still, it's a happy show and people like to see comedy and satire with a bit of musical theater thrown in. So it does have good qualities and I hope that it continues to build on that.
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Can't hear you. I love Glee.
I was the dorky choir girl and the girl who was in musicals. No guys ever liked me but unlike Rachel, I was well liked. But i was ambitious enough to dismiss the whole guy thing and concentrate on music.
I know the commraderie the Glee characters portray. In your groups you stick together. So I'mma let you finish but Glee is a better show than most crap out there.
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however, she is kind of neurotic and did have an unrequited crush on kurt.
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But still, Jane Lynch comes, and she brings it. So I watch for any glimpse of her.
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Also, hey you!
10/14/09
However, Glee only pretends to subvert stereotypes. It really doesn't.
Not that I'd expect anything else from Fox.
"The super-produced aesthetic and the overtime Fox-hype-machine have always struck me as a cynical contrast to its alleged support of the Aw-Shucks Other."
Oh, Sadie. *shakes head sadly*
Bribe me well, and I won't tell Roger Ailes.
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Why? What happened? :-)
(Also, I'm sorry I'm just replying to you today. The re-design learning curve is steep, and I stride slowly up its side. This is worse than climbing the pyramids outside Mexico City.)
10/16/09
Check out this review. She kind of nails it's awesomeness. [www.popgurls.com] #glee
10/14/09
And Will...Will. This is a guy who is stuck in his high school days. He's as sad as guys who played football in high school and never left that behind. He married his high school sweetheart and is satisfied maintaining an unhealthy relationship with her, despite the fact that regular instinct should tell him something is up. He refuses to have any kind of adult conversation with his wife. He's emotionally unfaithful and rather clueless about women in general. He's psyched to be having sex once a week, thinking that's a lot. He allows people to push him around without a second thought or a word in his own defense - his wife, Sue, the principal. "Acafellas" showed us that he left his dreams far behind. He's so wrapped up in Glee and winning that he's stepping on the very students he's supposed to be helping. Everything wrong with Will's life can be traced, at least in part, back to Will.
The nerd/cool kid stereotypes don't bother me for two reasons. First, they are, at least in part, true. At my high school, it was the band and the science team that were the nerds, but the division was clear. And second, the show is obviously headed in the direction of dismantling those stereotypes - Kurt saves the football team, Quinn finds Rachel to be a faithful friend, etc.
10/14/09
And both he and Will have a major "savior" complex going on, which ultimately is going to make things WAY more difficult down the line.
They're pretty similar characters, in that sense, and also in that they're both so naive.
I do think the show, maybe in its attempts to be squeaky clean, is oddly anti-sex. All the main characters aren't having it, and the teen who did ends up pregnant and unhappy.
10/14/09
The lack of sex feels refreshingly realistic to me. Somewhat socially awkward teenagers, several of whom are underclassmen and most of whom are not in relationships? It makes sense that they're not having sex. It's the flip side to the "But EVERYBODY in high school has sex" argument. Everybody in high school thinks about sex, but it's nice to see people who just aren't there yet.
10/14/09
I am happy too, though, that a lot of the students are virgins, though, because I think that is more realistic. People are talking about sex, but not necessarily having it. It wasn't until college that I actually started to feel insecure about my virginity.