I agree with everything said in this Tumblr post. (go read it; I’ll be here when you get back) But… You can’t tell all the gay stories with one gay character. You can’t tell all the gay stories with eight gay characters. Hell, all the straight stories aren’t told yet and they have had millions… [Read more…]
April 26, 2012 by DeconstructingGlee
So there this post on Digron’s Tumblr that shows every outfit Blaine wore in Dance With Somebody and there isn’t a bowtie to be seen. MerryMethods then reblogs it, adding this commentary: PEOPLE WHO JUMPED ON BOARD WITH THE WHOLE “BOWTIES ARE KLAINE’S EQUIVALENT OF A COLLAR” HEADCANON. BLAINE KNEW SOME SHIT WAS UP WHEN… [Read more…]
April 16, 2012 by DeconstructingGlee
So here’s a story for you all. So I was at Theo Katzman’s show on Friday & was hanging around wait for the show to start. Started talking to the girl next to me, we start talking about Glee. We’re talking about Darren (of course) and she goes, “A client of mine was actually in… [Read more…]
April 11, 2012 by DeconstructingGlee
I — like many Blaine fans — have been anticipating this episode for an awful lot of reasons. Most of them have to do with finding out more about the things that make our favourite former Warbler so angsty. Personally, I was hoping for: Baby Blaine and clarification re: race and whitewashing. Family Anderson drama… [Read more…]
February 25, 2012 by DeconstructingGlee
Trigger warning. Because it seems these days, we’re all about the blangst, and blangst is triggery. People are asking and writing a lot about Blaine at the moment. I suppose with “Big Brother” imminent, there was bound to be some speculation, but I’m not sure we’ve ever explored another character in Glee with this much… [Read more…]
February 24, 2012 by DeconstructingGlee
But here’s the thing, “Glee,” what you do doesn’t happen in a vacuum. You can’t say, outing is so terrible and so wrong and so tragic and so possibly suicidal one minute, yet just three months earlier say outing is A-OK if the popular hero quarterback dude does it to a kinda bitchy mean girl… [Read more…]
January 16, 2012 by DeconstructingGlee
Right now, Colfer is working without his leading man, Darren Criss, who is busy succeeding Daniel Radcliffe in Broadway’s How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Where does that leave “Klaine,” especially with the most romantic of holidays on the horizon? “You’ll find out how [Blaine] leaves for a little bit and then comes… [Read more…]
January 10, 2012 by DeconstructingGlee
Insider: But before we get to either of those things, we have this week’s episode — called Yes/No — which features New Directions recreating Summer Nights from Grease. Which side does Kurt sing on? Chris: [laughs] He was with the girls — by my request. Originally he was with the boys but I called Ryan… [Read more…]
December 15, 2011 by DeconstructingGlee
In a (possibly unrelated) conversation at biyuti, we started chatting about Blaine’s makeup this season. Which I briefly touched on here, and meant to return to. She has another take on it that I look forward to seeing. But here’s mine. I did a quick search, and found this on Tumblr. And yeah, that’s what… [Read more…]
December 7, 2011 by DeconstructingGlee
Glee, which is often criticized for inconsistent writing, arguably has a similar fandom culture for similar reasons: it presents a compelling world full of archetypal characters along with a whole lot of structural problems to solve. And lately, one of those biggest problems to solve seems to be Blaine Anderson. Specifically, what is going on… [Read more…]
May 17, 2012 by DeconstructingGlee
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