Inexplicably popular Salon writer Heather Havrilesky says, Glee falls apart

Personally- I don't watch for the storyline- I watch for the musical numbers!

Personally I don't understand why people who say they don't like this show spent an awful lot of time thinking, analyzing, dissecting and discussing it. Wouldn't it be better to use all that energy and focus your attention on something you truly like and enjoy?

What is there to analyze? It's a harmless television show.

Well, personally, I keep watching it, hoping that it will get better (which I REALLY want it to) but it keeps disappointing me week after week.

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But it's the same show it was a few weeks ago.

I'm convinced now that no one REALLY dislikes it. It's impossible to dislike. People just claim to dislike to because they think they can get attention that way, but they secretly love it, like everyone else.

Because if they really disliked it, they would ignore it.

But they don't, so they don't!

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My new rule: Anyone who discusses Glee, de facto loves Glee, despite any protestations to the contrary.

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See? My point proven by analogy!

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You love it, admit it!

And I think the thread title was poorly punctuated.

What it really meant to say was:

"Inexplicably popular!" Salon writer Heather Havrilesky says."Glee falls apart [from the rest of the pack!"

See? Heather loves it too! OR SHE WOULD IGNORE IT!

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Updated On: 4/15/10 at 12:27 AM

You know, I do ignore it. I was watching something on DVR last night and when it ended, the set was on Fox and Glee popped on as it was airing. I saw Lea Michelle say some line of dialogue, looking winsome, and I got a queasy feeling in my stomach and changed the channel.

There aren't THAT many things in the world that give me a such a visceral negative response, but GLEE is definitely one of them (GLAAD is another). Something about the show makes me feel sick. I felt that way when I watched the pilot, I felt that way when I accidentally saw that line of dialogue.

The Vogue recreation also just seemed like such a wasted effort and knowing that woman is the 99.99% hilarious Jane Lynch makes it all the more sickening. The best I can say is, I'm glad she gets a paycheck so she can afford to do the deliriously off-kilter stuff we know and love from her.

If people are entertained by that, that's fine. I'm at a loss to understand why people find it satisfying. But to each her own.

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I watched tonight's Modern Family with my hand over my mouth I was laughing so hard every time Cameron and MItchell were onscreen. Not even the presence of the odious Justin Kirk (another one whose very countenance makes me queasy) could take away from the comedic perfection that is that show. Comedic perfection with a real human heart. I'm glad Modern Family is on TV. I would find it really hard to settle for mediocrity after watching 22 perfect minutes of that for so many months.

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The reason us "glee haters" keep watching, commenting, posting, is that we really wanted to love this show. It promised to be a show that celebrated the geek/gay/outsider/loser in High School, which was many of us. So we keep watching, hoping, praying that this promise will be kept. But what we keep getting is poorly written meaningless fluff, where characters have no center, no reality. Where plot lines are done, re-done, and then re-done again, and where regulars act with such stupidity that it makes it impossible to root for them, or root against them, or even care at all what the hell happens to them.

Ok maybe a little, PJ. But I want it to love me back. And I want it to say to me..."You make me want to be a better show".