The words that stick in my mind from Saturday Night Glee-ver were never said. “What would you do?” Wade/Unique asks Kurt and Mercedes. We don’t hear their advice, but we find out later that their advice was to not wear the dress and heels, to not stand out, and not to be Unique. That’s right… [Read more…]
October 5, 2011 by DeconstructingGlee
So, for the last couple of years, we’ve watched a glee club that chose its competition numbers (or wrote them) right before the big competitions and still managed to finish either 1st or respectably anyway. And in “Asian F” we’re seeing a lot of storylines (continue) about hard work and success. Glee is growing up,… [Read more…]
June 16, 2011 by DeconstructingGlee
In addition to this, many small things irritate me. The main character, Rachel Berry, has two mysteriously absent but apparently doting gay dads who have never been seen in two whole seasons except in one photo in the pilot episode; the song choice frequently serves to pump up the iTunes album’s place on the charts… [Read more…]
May 25, 2011 by DeconstructingGlee
For a show full of people who have worked and worked and worked to get where they are, it’s amazing how they portray their characters being totally clueless that arriving at a national competition without any songs prepared (or even written) may be the cause of their (not entirely catastrophic, actually) failure. And it’s not… [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…]
April 19, 2011 by DeconstructingGlee
One of the biggest, most deserving gripes about “Glee” is its inconsistency, particularly when it comes to characterization. One week Kurt wants to talk to his dad about being gay, another week he’s petrified. (That said, the Kurt-Blaine relationship is the only one on the show that actually rings true, presumably because it’s the one… [Read more…]
March 31, 2011 by DeconstructingGlee
This is something that has been irking me for a while and I finally need to get it off my chest: Glee really needs to get some female writers, pronto. The female characters on the show are written horribly and come off as shallow, manipulative and unnecessarily bitchy. The glee club has turned into this… [Read more…]
April 19, 2012 by DeconstructingGlee
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