OMG YOU GUYS! THERE'S A NEW TEASER TRAILER FOR GLEE AGAIN! AREN'T YOU JUST SOOOO EXCITED TO WATCH IT? (SARCASM BARFED ALL OVER)
Apologies about the Perez thing, I couldn't find it anywhere else.
What do I mean by a televisional equivalent of a beer that’s made effectively enough, but ultimately is derivative and unsatisfying? Precisely that.
Over the course of its first season, Glee has somehow managed to create a flurry of praise and a cult following. Even I was enticed at first by their well crafted showmanship and creative remixes of songs (especially their mash up). But by the 2/5 mark of the season, the show basically showed it was just a series of repeats. Will’s wife somehow managing at every turn to hide her pregnancy from her husband; Finn unrealistically dealing with his football and glee club commitments; Rachel trying to find a balance between her personal aspirations and becoming a better team player; Sue using all sorts of underhanded tactics to excise threats to her own interests. Same over and over again.
But while shows like 30 Rock, Arrested Development and Seinfeld create worlds in which there is full acknowledgement that their characters are essentially cartoon characters that are not supposed to grow, the idea of Glee is that these characters, in spite of inhabiting a world of song and dance, are supposed to evolve, and are supposed to change. Because they’re in high school, things happen and there are supposed to be consequences. But they don’t, barring a few last and penultimate episodes so far that twist and big reveals happen. Yes, Will does finally realize his wife and her sister are utterly reprehensible and that he needs to take more charge of his home life. Yes, Sue finally gets what’s coming to her after all of her machinations. Yes, Rachel finally understands more and more what it means to be a team player. But the evolution of these characters is not shown effectively. Will needs a giant metaphorical kick in the groin to realize how out of touch he is. Sue only in the very last episode of the season so far gets significantly reprimanded, in spite of the unethical and borderline criminal choices and actions she has executed. Rachel does become more of a team player, but the process is not shown effectively, she does not convey how and why she progressively realizes the importance of the glee club being a club and not a one woman show.
Perhaps this is the curse of the musical genre, to forsake effectively presented character development for the sake of the musical numbers. But look at a movie like Cabaret, where Sally Bowles and Brian Roberts realize progressively over the course of the film what kinds of people they are, and what choices they have to make, and that their fates are doomed in their own ways. Their characters are interesting, three dimensional, and they evolve. Not to mention that the music is both catchy and entertaining. And call me crazy, but the environment of the rise of Nazism in a fading Weimar Germany seems to be a far more pernicious place than a contemporary Midwestern American high school. And considering how much Glee makes high school out to be a battlefield, the characters don’t seem to be going through too much change and don’t seem to be wising up to deal with changing developments in their struggles.
Just catching up on a month's worth of DVR... It took me all night long. I've always had "How I Met Your Mother" on the things that's scheduled on the machine. Its not my favorite, but if there's nothing else to watch and I'm on the brink of boredom, I will succumb to mediocre comedy. Neil Patrick Harris is hard to resist, especially as Barney. Why am I writing about this? Because I think I just drank a liter of glitter-potion from a friend. "Water" she told me... look at me today, I've Gone completely MUSICAL-berserk. I've been listening to Xanadu the whole day and is considering going for a Glee marathon. Not a joke. Anyways, there's this musical bit on HYIMYM and its been stuck in my head for half a day. Its not bad. From the 100th episode: Girls vs. Suits I hope those rumors about him heading towards Glee is true. I would love to see him in Glee, he would be a better choice than J.Lo and Justin Timberlake COMBINED. Don't even get me started on J.Lo and her Louboutin crap. That's another story for another day.
I started watching Glee when it first came out in May as a sneak preview of Fox's new fall television line up. I have to say that the show is not bad: its new, its creative, and it involves a musical. People are always saying that tv musicals are a big no-no, and I feel personally that Fox was also skeptical about it in the beginning, that's why they did that whole one episode sneak peek thing. However, it has been proven successful now and I finally have something to write about.
On last night's episode, the new nurse (aka Mr. Schuester's wife) gave Pseudoephedrine (aka Sudafed) to members of the Glee club so they can be up and perky all day long. Yes, pseudoephedrine can give out the same effects as speed or adderall. But, she claimed OVER THE COUNTER Sudafed can make you do this.
So to get the REAL shit, you have to go to the pharmacy and give your information (aka driver's liscense) just to get one lousy box of the medicine. The reason why they started doing it is because a lot of people started buying Sudafed by the load to make their own trailer park meth lab... Yes, they do share a common ingredients. And I know some of you out there might argue that the show is technically located in "Ohio" therefore the law might make it different. Ok, fine. I did my research and after another 10 minutes of so I found the "Sudafed Law." And its a FEDERAL LAW.
So yes, I am going to be anal about this minor little detail in yesterday's show, because it wasn't possible to buy 36 boxes of Sudafed without being arrested for just REQUESTING it. Redonkulous and a mild smear campaign against Sudafed.
Here's a clip from this week's show, a mash-up between Bon Jovi's "Its My Life" vs. Usher's "Confessions."
I started watching Glee when it first came out in May as a sneak preview of Fox's new fall television line up. I have to say that the show is not bad: its new, its creative, and it involves a musical. People are always saying that tv musicals are a big no-no, and I feel personally that Fox was also skeptical about it in the beginning, that's why they did that whole one episode sneak peek thing. However, it has been proven successful now and I finally have something to write about.
Well, as far as I know in NY state, that the thing she's talking about is not allowed to be sold over the counter. The Sudafed that you see over the counter doesn't even have the psedoephedrine in it. I personally find it just as a placebo medicine that doesn't even decongest your nose. It really does suck and a big waste of money.
