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Glee 2nd episode

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UPDATED: Friday, September 25, 2009 10:49
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Saturday, September 12, 2009 9:56 AM

Okay . . . I don't wanna say it, but it hasta be said.

Watched the 2nd episode of Glee on Wednesday after a couple months of anticipation. The pilot was great. I mean an awesome intro to what could be a great show about a bunch of quirky kids trying to get by in a school where they're the least popular bunch. Not to mention great use of music.

And what did we get the second episode? Nothing but lots of sex references, raunchy inuendo and music that was just so-so. I was pretty disappointed. Here I kinda thought it would be appropriate for a family show, but that was sure something I wouldn't want my kids to watch.

*sigh*

Ah well . . . I'll give it a few more episodes to find it's groove, but right now I'm very leery.

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"It's okay! I'm a leaf on the wind!!!"
"What does that mean?!?!?!"

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Saturday, September 12, 2009 9:59 AM

EVILDINOSAUR

yea, after the pilot this one was a big let down, and it may have been because i was watching online but the lip syncing was terrible

"Haha, mine is an evil laugh."

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Saturday, September 12, 2009 6:16 PM

TUJIAOZUO

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Originally posted by RIPWash:
Okay . . . I don't wanna say it, but it hasta be said.

Watched the 2nd episode of Glee on Wednesday after a couple months of anticipation. The pilot was great. I mean an awesome intro to what could be a great show about a bunch of quirky kids trying to get by in a school where they're the least popular bunch. Not to mention great use of music.

And what did we get the second episode? Nothing but lots of sex references, raunchy inuendo and music that was just so-so. I was pretty disappointed. Here I kinda thought it would be appropriate for a family show, but that was sure something I wouldn't want my kids to watch.

*sigh*

Ah well . . . I'll give it a few more episodes to find it's groove, but right now I'm very leery.

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"It's okay! I'm a leaf on the wind!!!"
"What does that mean?!?!?!"

Its hard to gauge the kid-friendliness of this show. First off, it's creator is the same guy who created FX's Nip Tuck, which is full of affairs, drug abuse, lying and copious amounts of grotesque plastic surgery. Secondly, Fox does not have a 'late night' slot. As in how most networks have more mature shows fill their 10pm slot as to avoid young ones watching more adult material (Fox really doesn;t seem to give a shit about where their adult content falls at all, as they've had Prison Break, who has a major character who is a murderous pedophile, on Mondays at 8). Finally Glee has a very bright, glossy production style, making it look bubblegum and sound bubblegum. A couple of other shows have done this, but at the same time have slipped in more adult themes which is what Glee seems to do.

I liked the second episode. I understand people being upset about the amount of sex brought up in the show, but I thought it was actually handled well. On the Will and Emma front it was good to not only see their compatibility, but also have Emma be very level headed about her crush. Instead of just fawning over him and becoming a home wrecker like so many other shows would have her do, she approaches the situation head on and makes Will aware of what they're doing too. It keeps the potential of relationship between them from being bogged down with the added drama and overall bad juju of having it start out as an affair.

Secondly, Rachel's adorable with her absolutely woobie sadface. A total drama queen, a little naive, but adorable none the less. Her falling for her leading man is very believable and high school, as well as her brief stint as a bulimia girl. She goes against the status quo and takes flack for that by those that keep the order of the caste system (Quinn and the Cheerios, the Football players and their slushies). She has a lot of gumption, but just like any other girl she's insecure about her looks and how a boy may or may not notice her. While I'm not saying that her trying to throw up is a good thing, it's a real thing.

I got more of the negativity towards those running the Celibacy Club than the actual theory and practice of celibacy itself. The Cheerios were using it as a way to control their boyfriends and taunting the crap out of the poor guys, therein' making their use of it flawed. While Rachel opposed Celibacy itself and talked about contraceptives, I really was proud of her. What the Cheerios were doing was a joke, and Rachel saw that and told them the facts. Thus making sex not just something that was purely a desire of the guys (and their poor, teased, libidos) but making it known that it's a desire of the opposite gender as well and making both the girls and the boys equal. It was no longer a 'keep the guys in check' thing, it was a 'us' thing which was what resonated with Finn.

I liked the fact that they didn't just slowly build Rachel and Finn up. Rachel is far too driven and proactive to allow that to happen. She's very much in her own little broadway world, having totally built up a fantasy of her making it big on stage and falling in love with the other lead before Glee even came into existence. And then Finn suddenly comes along as the male lead for show choir, and he's tall and cute and sorta chivalrous which just feeds her teenage fantasy. To top it off, Finn begins to like her because she legitimately takes an interest in his love of singing and encourages him to him improve. She's also not a major tease, and while her straightforwardness is a little scary, she's more into 'us' than Quinn's 'I own you.' I wasn't a fan of the kiss, partially because of Rachel's obvious desperation to get attention, but it sets them up nicely for the rest of the episodes as there's no denying that Finn now notices Rachel.

Besides the sheer hilariousness of Finn's mental 'premature eruption' (his mother screaming "He's dead! What are you going to do now Finn?!") and the question of what a Luftbaloon is, Jane Lynch owned every scene she was in. Sue Sylvester is pure over the top evil. Her suggestions for punishment, particularly the hobbling (to bind one's legs) of guilty faced Finn and Rachel had me in stitches. Also, her military-esque talk with Quinn and her lackeys was priceless.

A great amount of love goes to wardrobe for Sue always being in track suits, the Cheerios ALWAYS in their uniforms, Kurt's fabulousness, Emma's perfectly made up retro-fashion, Rachel's sweater-wearing and Coach Tenaka's ridiculously high-waisted pants.

As much as I liked the episode though there's still a lot left to be desired. While it was nice to establish the relationships between 4 of the leads romantically, the other 4 glee kids need some spotlight to develop their own personalities. There's already an apparent coupling dynamic between them (TIna is always pushing Artie's chair and hanging with him, while Kurt and Mercedes seem to cluster together) but they really need to be given their own songs and have more center stage.

Also, the overproduction of the songs is TERRIBLE. Glossing them up in the studio to the point where they sound straight up from the sound booth and processed through the auto tune killed a lot of the songs for me. I really liked the Cheerio's rendition of 'Say a Little Prayer' because of the 60's showgirl's act they put on, but it did NOT sound like Quinn and two backups singing. It sounded like whoever was on the CD and six backups. I understand that they are producing a lot of these numbers for iTunes purchases, but the amount of editing they are doing to make them sound crisp and CD quality has a negative effect when they synch it with the scenes.

I'm definitely going to keep watching. My love of showtunes runs deep and I know

Select to view spoiler:

Kurt and Rachel are going to sing Defying Gravity in an episode, with Kurt doing Elphie's part and Rachel singing Galinda's

Your Indian Pirate Lord,
Ash

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Friday, September 25, 2009 10:47 AM

RUGBUG

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Originally posted by RIPWash:

Here I kinda thought it would be appropriate for a family show, but that was sure something I wouldn't want my kids to watch.

I'm surprised you thought it would be kid friendly after watching the pilot.

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"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it." - George Bernard Shaw

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Friday, September 25, 2009 10:49 AM

RIPWASH

Well, the pilot certainly wasn't nearly as raunchy as the 2nd episode. Not by a long shot.

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"What does that mean?!?!?!"

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