oh now this is ridiculous

Glee was not new this week. And I'm not crying any rivers. So in place of a recap, I'm recommending that you quickly read one of Entertainment Weekly's bloggers, Ken Tucker's recent take on the show. If any of you are having the same issues I'm having with Glee, you'll appreciate his words. If you're a super "gleek" and have ABSOLUTELY NO QUALMS WITH THE MOST AWESOMEST SHOW IN THE WORLD, then you probably won't like it.

But I have issues with it. My beloved colleague has issues with it. In the past, I've compared Glee to a boyfriend who you feel no one understands the way you do. Well, I'm beginning to lose my patience with this boyfriend. Yes, I will still watch. No, I will not stop rolling my eyes. The show continues to go way over the top. And I understand that this is a musical television show, so "over the top" is a given, but there has to be a limit. Glee is about an Ohio high school's glee club made up of quirky characters who all have great singing voices and are gifted with comic timing. I realize that with a musical tv show, I give in to the suspension of disbelief and allow these characters to have duets in the library, as well as random dream sequences. But with all of the constant bickering about the club's meager budget, I'm really starting to get frustrated with the spectacular numbers they're putting on for...Mr. Schue(?). Ryan Murphy, could you please explain those musical numbers? Because from the looks of it, they seem to just be all-out performances for a near-empty auditorium. Remember the pilot? When the original members sang "Don't Stop Believing" for themselves, in costumes that you could actually believe they brought from home? Yeah...those musical numbers have really changed. Let's take Kurt's most recent solo duet (yep) performance of "Le Jazz Hot" from Victor/Victoria. Really? That all-out performance was just for an assignment? For a club that is constantly given the unpopular reputation, it's definitely able to scrounge together every ounce of production material needed for a showstopping performance.

I know, I know. I shouldn't get caught up in the logistics of it, but when they hit you over the head with it in every single episode, it gets to be unbearably unwatchable. If you go back and look at the musical performances in Season 1 and look at the ones in Season 2,there is clearly a difference. And you know why? Not because the Glee Club's budget is bigger this year (though I'm willing to bet the show's budget has gotten WAY bigger), it's because the show, Glee, has become a disgustingly huge phenomenon that seems to be taking over the world. The show has moved beyond the storyline. And I'm constantly bothered by the overlapping of the two. Again, I know--SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF--but to that, I say, "WHATEVER." It seems that the show isn't even about its characters anymore--but about the starlets and young actors taking part in the show. It's about attracting viewers.

Oh hey, and speaking of attracting viewers, what about that sweet little photoshoot that has just about everyone talking? I'm not going to get into it. Enough has been said about it, and yes, I agree with the majority of people who've written about it. And I'm not a Sally McPrudey or anything, but c'mon, the photos scream desperation, cheese, and over-the-top (in Glee fashion) in your face sexuality, all at the same time. And in my mind, that spells out RIDICULOUS.

I just don't feel like talking about this anymore. Bleh.