- Lost: all interesting plotlines; all good music. Please return to glee ASAP.
We didn’t really have a glee club at my high school; we had choir, musicals, and forensics (no, not that kind of forensics, this kind), all of which allowed us musical and theatrical kids to do our thing. No, fox network’s glee reminds me more of a nerdier version of collegiate a cappella, only the kids are 5 years younger and there are a smattering of instruments thrown in most of the time. All of this being said, I was definitely gleeked out over glee during the show’s first season.
Fast forward to season two, and i’m not feeling like such a gleek anymore. Aside from Kurt’s storyline, there’s really nothing happening in the plot of the show that makes me want to tune in. I don’t care about Finn and Rachel. I don’t care about Quinn and New Guy. I don’t even really care that Miss OCD is now married to John Stamos. But most importantly, I don’t care about the music anymore. Let’s face it, it’s not the plot that makes us tune in to glee, it’s 1. quick quips by Jane Lynch’s character, Su Sylvester, (example: “Your hair looks like a briar patch. I keep expecting racist, animated Disney characters to pop up and start singing about living on the bayou”) and 2. the funny/creative ways in which they would incorporate different songs.
However, recently it seems like the songs are just plopped into each episode randomly (and they aren’t even that good). Exhibit A: Dog Days Are Over, originally by Florence + the Machine. I love that song, but the glee version made me reach for the remote. And don’t even get me started on the Christmas episode. Decorating a tree in the choir room and singing The Most Wonderful Day of the Year from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer? Yuck. I get the attempt to show that the members of glee club are supposedly a bunch of “misfits,” but come on. I much prefer this version:
Really the only song this season where the glee version far exceeds the real version was their rendition of Teenage Dream. Luckily, we have a break from the show until 2011, so hopefully the powers-that-glee will get their act together.
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100% agree. the show sucks now. i’m so over it. It used to be a fun comedy with some music thrown in, and the music was actually relevant to the plot lines (or at least somewhat). Now it’s more like a musical train-wreck. Rachel has become a mean and pathetic character– what happened to making her sympathetic? I agree that the only interesting character left is Kurt– he’s the only one with any real depth.
I guess I shouldn’t be surprised though. I’m watching the last season of nip/tuck right now and it seems like maybe Ryan Murphy is just a tad crazy.
Comment by Stephanie December 13, 2010 @ 1:25 pm