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.
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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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