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Geplaatst: 13 januari 2011, door Sherick
What can I say about ‘Glee’. Words that come to mind are gay, cliché, and pretty fucking gay. Yet, at the same time it’s hard to ignore the fact that ‘Glee’ is just damn good entertainment.
The first season I ignored as long as I possibly could and it wasn’t until my girlfriend said the words that haunt me to this day “We should watch Glee, I heard it’s good” that I knew my non-Glee days were numbered. I know what you’re thinking; “Sure, you’re girlfriend made you watch it”. And let me tell you something, if you’re watching Glee and it wasn’t because of your girlfriend then you need to take your dick, look it in the ‘eye’ and apologize to it, several times, for turning it into a vagina.
Obviously I ignored my girlfriend as long as I possibly could, but after the season finale of ‘Dexter’, ‘Boardwalk Empire’ and ‘The Walking Dead’ there was nothing else on TV. Sure, they tried throwing a couple of new shows at us. Shit like ‘The Event’ (45 minutes of my life I’ll never get back), ‘No Ordinary Family’ (a family version of Heroes, nuff said) and ‘Hawaii Five-O’ (…..). Compared to these shows Glee was a breath of fresh air.
So here’s my breakdown. The bad: the obvious clichés surrounding high school relationships, batty boy issues and teen pregnancies. It’s like I’m 8 years old again watching ‘Saved by the Bell’ and have Zack Morris school me on how to live my life. Of course the Cheerleaders and the Football team are the popular kids and the Glee kids, or Gleeks, are the losers which play into it even more. Casting was fine except for Finn, a lead male cast. What surprises me about him is that he cannot sing. Which strikes me as odd since the show is based on singing and for someone who sucks he has a lot of scenes.
The Good: again, the obvious clichés surrounding high school relationships, batty boy issues and teen pregnancies. The clichés are hilarious! You know why? Because this time I’m 29 years old and Zack Morris can go fuck himself for all I care. It’s funny to me when the head cheerleader gets pregnant from her boyfriend’s best friend. I mean c’mon, you gotta let a playa play. It’s funny to see the gay guy pretend he’s not gay. The guy performs ‘Single Ladies’ by Beyoncé for crying out loud, stop pretending already! It’s funny to see how these kids deal with sexual situations. Remember being in high school? Your hormones kick in and some days you walk around like a horny freak all day. Well, in the case of Glee you get to see it on TV and reminisce of the good old days when having a boner in class wasn’t a big deal. Another good thing about the show is Sue Silvester, played by Jane Lynch. Most of you might remember her from ‘The 40 year old virgin’, where she plays Steve Carell’s manager at the electronic store and tries to be the first to pop his cherry. My personal favorite is her part in ‘Role Models’. In this movie she has a line that needs to be shared with the world: “Me and the judge have a special relationship. I don’t want to get too graphic but I sucked his dick for cocaine”. Classic. In ‘Glee’ she plays the Cheerleader Head Coach and is hilarious almost on a constant basis.
Finally, the songs and performances are pretty cool. They do it all, Motown, hiphop, rock, and even disco. Songs would include ‘Dream On’ by Aerosmith, ‘Ride with me’ by Nelly, ‘Rehab’ by Amy Winehouse, ‘This is how we do it’ by Montell Jordan and many, many more. If you like music Glee won’t disappoint you.
It goes without saying ‘Glee’ is a show you watch with your girl and not with your home boys. If you’re getting together on Fridays with a bunch of dudes to watch Glee you’re super gay and there’s no doubt about it. And don’t let your home boys walk in on you watching Glee by yourself because you’ll lose your street credit for life. If you can meet these requirements ‘Glee’ isn’t so bad after all.
Some final thoughts; ‘Glee’ is a show I love to hate. To make things more interesting I would like see a rated R version of ‘Glee’, where they play Gansta Rap songs like ‘Straight outta Compton’ by NWA or ‘We be steady Mobbin’ by Lil Wayne . Imagine them playing ‘Smack my bitch up’ by Prodigy and literally smacking these Glee bitches up. That would be a world I like to live in. Unfortunately saying that is like saying “I want World Peace”. The shit just ain’t gonna happen. But we can dream dammit, we can dream…
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