Ok, ok, I’m blinking on this one. Mostly because all the talk is happening on Tumblr and I still find it hard to follow. How we all missed this, I have no idea, but here it is. There was a clever post on Tumblr that started off this whole discussion here. In both 3.05 and… [Read more…]
August 23, 2011 by DeconstructingGlee
THR: What would you think if Ryan and company scripted a cross-dressing or transgendered character for you? Newell: I would be perfectly fine with that because there are so many different angles to that. I go to different schools to visit friends and I see transgendered kids and it’s hard. Not too many television shows… [Read more…]
August 22, 2011 by DeconstructingGlee
Seriously, here be spoilers. But not really, because it has aired. I’m in the process of watching the show, but it strikes me that the show is much less interesting now that we know who our new Glee star is going to be. I wonder how may words I need to write before I include… [Read more…]
August 15, 2011 by DeconstructingGlee
This week’s theme was generosity — a topic I hear a lot when people are discussing the Glee cast (and one actor especially). Kevin McHale was the guest mentor and he adorably gave the homework assignment winner the “magic comb”. Lindsay won the homework assignment for the very first time, and that was kind of… [Read more…]
August 1, 2011 by DeconstructingGlee
Spoilers, etc oh and THIS IS LONG. Apologies. So this week’s theme was Sexuality. Mark Salling and Ashley Fink were the guest mentors and Mark Salling totally made Hannah’s year by telling her that he spent the most time watching her. And she handled herself way better than most would in that scenario. And then… [Read more…]
July 18, 2011 by DeconstructingGlee
This totally has all kinds of spoilers for this episode. I’m going to talk about it all. So yeah, you’ve been warned. I have to admit, I get pretty excited about the episodes where Darren Criss is the guest mentor. He’s so good with the contestants, and so interested in them, that it’s a joy… [Read more…]
July 14, 2011 by DeconstructingGlee
(there are some wee spoilers in this) … you can be really true to life and say when they started the show they were very clearly sophomores and they should graduate at the end of their senior year. That was more real, I felt it was more responsible and true to the fans. I think… [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…]
June 3, 2011 by DeconstructingGlee
I have watched the 2008 pilot of Pretty Handsome. The show is a Ryan Murphy production and there is so much in it that is interesting for a fan of Glee. I mean, there’s the school. The blazers have a crest including the initials D.A., but I do think it means Darien Academy (because of… [Read more…]
May 26, 2011 by DeconstructingGlee
I can’t pinpoint the moment, or the scene or the words that were being said when this happened. Maybe it happened gradually. And I was excited about them from the “sex isn’t dating” comment. I was. But it still didn’t move my little fannish heart to shipping them. I’ve cited several reasons in the past… [Read more…]
November 14, 2011 by DeconstructingGlee
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