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Courtney on "Why I Don't Like "Glee""

2010-04-22T17:24:08-05:00

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Courtney on "Why I Don't Like "Glee""

2010-04-22T17:23:36-05:00

The stereotypes are there are over exaggerated on purpose. Glee is a satire. It's making fun of all those stereotypes, not promoting them.

J on "Why I Don't Like "Glee""

2009-12-05T18:56:36-06:00

Haha. I have no horse in this race; I've never seen Glee. But it's a well-written take-down you have here.

Carley on "Why I Don't Like "Glee""

2009-12-05T13:47:06-06:00

I agree with you. The show is pretty lame. I am always amazed at the scenes with scantily clad cheerleaders and other students dancing during the various musical numbers. Televison and the movies have really gotten bad lately. It's disappointing.

Owen on "Why I Don't Like "Glee""

2009-12-05T11:29:22-06:00

A conclusion I reached about Glee early on was that it has intentionally turned up the saturation on the stereotypes. Prime evidence that this is the case: The cheerleaders all always wear their cheerleading outfits. What you've identified as a flaw of the show is that the characters have no growth potential. If you're looking for growth potential, you're looking at the wrong show. Glee is designed to be as you've described, not accidentally as a result of bad writing -- which is one of its joys. That said, if you prefer shows that allow for character growth over a show like this, that's your prerogative. The general viewing audience, also having participated in the cancellation of shows like "Popular" (very similar archetypes), would tend to agree with you. But consider that the show is yet an exemplary instance of its type, rather than one that aims at something you're expecting it to be, a target which it would purposefully fail to hit. It's like saying that a cop drama fails dismally at situational comedy -- the shows are very different in concept. If anything, the most recent episode had too much drama and character development (Mr. Schu discovering his wife wan't having the baby), when it's supposed to be zany. A show in this genre should really have done something like devised a way where Mr. Schu would want to embrace the notion of adopting Quinn's baby. The failing here is that the show dipped into the type of drama you're looking for and it would fail to ever deliver because that's not the nature of the show. Anyway... Feel free to dislike Glee without fear of getting attached to it. My prediction is that it's not going to see a return after it gets killed in only one season. Quirky, misunderstood stereotype-driven shows like this don't stand a chance on their own. Combined with the cancellation history of musical-like TV shows (Cop Rock?), this one is pretty well doomed.

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Chris J. Davis on "7 Year Itch"

2009-10-18T13:24:06-05:00

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