Here are a couple of posts I left responding to this news of a show creator griping about bands who have denied him permission to use their music, and his obligatory down-play of his rejected feelings. Not everyone wants to jump aboard the Glee bandwagon. I liked the show better when I was a teen myself, when it was called Fame. Back then there was a stronger message – work. The Glee thing is more of a counter-myth suggesting that everyone is special and deserving of fame – especially if they are considered outcasts. It makes Grease 2 look like West Side Story.
Jawsphobia Tue, Apr 5, 2011, 1:40 PM
Even as "musicals" go, Glee is poorly done. Simply covering the acts in a talent show or showing people rehearse a song just to get the songs in there is a cheat. The premise is lame. Madonna, Britney Spears and Olivia Newton-John I can understand participating; it's not like they could be any less relevant. If Victoria Jackson had kept quiet about being "grossed out" by gay kissing, she might have ended up singing on the show herself. As for the story-lines? A gay kid is bullied by one kid, so he transfers to another school which makes ensemble is even more unfocused. No unity of time, conflict and location. And how many talent competitions are going on in that area? Good for the Kings of Leon and anyone else who says no to Glee. John Travolta has to be the best, saying he needs 6 months to relearse. Like he got 6 months to dance in Pulp Fiction or Be Cool. LOL.
Read more: http://ca.eonline.com/uberblog/b234676_glee_guru_ryan_murphy_apologizes_kings.html#ixzz1IgTyqMrr
Jawsphobia Tue, Apr 5, 2011, 1:51 PM
I remember the full Ryan Murphy thing went beyond f-you to something like "They're not looking at the big picture, the awkward kid out there watching Glee and being inspired by it and Glee clubs starting up in schools." As if that is the big picture. There are a few token "outcast" characters on Glee, the man-ish female coach who was serenaded, the morbidly obese girl who is routinely also serenaded, and the guy in glasses in a wheelchair, as well as the gay boy who used to wear a cheerleader outfit and who won a Golden Globe for "acting" last year thanks to the belated reaction to gay suicides and the rush to prop-up gay as hip. Sorry. Neil Patrick Harris he is not. Sir Ian McKellen he is not.
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Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Three Stooges movie casting
Wil Sasso sounds like a good Curley. Now it looks like Larry is going to be played by Sean Hayes from Will and Grace, which isn’t especially exciting. It’ll still be a good movie with the Farrelly Brothers as a quality control factor, but Hayes has to prove himself.
They should have went with a Jewish Larry. I have to see the TV movie about them, which I believe Mel Gibson produced. As for Sean Hayes, I remember thinking when I saw a clip of his Jerry Lewis, "I never knew Jerry Lewis was gay."
They should have went with a Jewish Larry. I have to see the TV movie about them, which I believe Mel Gibson produced. As for Sean Hayes, I remember thinking when I saw a clip of his Jerry Lewis, "I never knew Jerry Lewis was gay."
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Lighting a fire under the Koran
The less funny, and less benign Terry Jones of the United States and a very small congregation of about 30 people followed through with the idea of public burning of a copy of the Koran after finding it guilty of inciting violence. As if to prove this verdict, Muslims in Afghanistan sprung into violent response. They burned an American flag, which might have been a balanced response if that was all. Then they killed about 8 American UN workers.
How reasonable is this? President Obama had discouraged the burning, as had the office of National Defence. The average American looks down on book burning in general. Even the atheists would argue the best way to turn someone off of the Koran or the Bible is to let them read it. So just how is it justified religiously or in any other way to kill eight people who are there to represent the United States in retaliation for the actions of someone who does not represent the United States?
Whatever opinions one might have about Islam or the Koran, it has failed to prepare its followers to deal sanely and reasonably, let alone with justice. Anyone who participated in those slayings needs to spend life in prison.
How reasonable is this? President Obama had discouraged the burning, as had the office of National Defence. The average American looks down on book burning in general. Even the atheists would argue the best way to turn someone off of the Koran or the Bible is to let them read it. So just how is it justified religiously or in any other way to kill eight people who are there to represent the United States in retaliation for the actions of someone who does not represent the United States?
Whatever opinions one might have about Islam or the Koran, it has failed to prepare its followers to deal sanely and reasonably, let alone with justice. Anyone who participated in those slayings needs to spend life in prison.
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