I’m at a loss here, really. It’s not on the show (they repeat a different verse instead), it wasn’t in Glee Live, but it was on the album and it’s on the game. Glee Karaoke Revolution Volume 2 is rated 12 and over, where the old one was rated ages 3 and up. According to… [Read more…]
August 18, 2011 by DeconstructingGlee
In place of the LGBT line, the Glee kids repeat a previously-sung line, “No matter black, white, or beige, chola, or Orient-made, I’m on the right track baby, I was born to be brave.” The “Don’t be a drag, just be a queen” line is still in place (take a listen, at around 2:33, in… [Read more…]
June 1, 2011 by DeconstructingGlee
When Malaysia’s top radio broadcaster blurred out the pro-queer lyrics of Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way”—y’know, the part that goes, “No matter gay, straight or bi, lesbian, transgendered life, I’m on the right track, baby. I was born to survive.’— they did it so not to offend government censors. But it looks like the same… [Read more…]
May 9, 2011 by DeconstructingGlee
We thought it would be honest and funny for me to wear that Tshirt, a lot of ethnic women are not comfortable with or proud of having kinky or curly hair or they’re hair is so difficult to deal with they just wear weaves. I wear weaves on the show to protect my mane, I… [Read more…]
May 3, 2011 by DeconstructingGlee
I realize the implications of Mercedes performing the closing number with “Black” emblazoned on her shirt. I’m not suggesting that…or maybe I am. I suppose I’m saying that in an episode where the main characters are exploring the things that make them different, having the only black girl NOT mention what anyone who has ever… [Read more…]
May 1, 2011 by DeconstructingGlee
Except they did back down. They omitted an entire verse of the song that would have been rather pivotal in the whole “modern social messaging” thing. Lady Gaga, why don’t you ask them about why it’s ok to use the word “tranny” in one episode and omit a social message about transgender people in another?… [Read more…]
April 27, 2011 by DeconstructingGlee
I’m sort of getting tired of writing this series. Not because I’m bored — to the contrary, there seems to be a reason to keep writing it at every turn. But it’s because it makes my brain hurt. Now I’m not trans. I’m just a friend. I feel I should say this when I’m approaching… [Read more…]
November 26, 2011 by DeconstructingGlee
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