UnGLEEful — Page 4

This is the last I'll say of it. WHen someone tells you to stop sending them private messages and you continue to do so, it falls into harassment territory. I deal with this sort of thing at my job all the time. You continued to PM me after you were specifically asked not to.

And on a completely different note, dear Plume, I don't need writing advice from the creator of this:

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/MidSummer_CD_Review_Roundup_20090808

Updated On: 9/17/09 at 11:03 PM

I think the storyline is completely forced. I wish they would stop the "teacher,wife,baby,coworker" storyline and focus more on the glee kids since, well, the title of the show is GLEE. It's sad that the part almost everyone waits for is the musical numbers. If that is all this show is, release an album.

---

I can't say I care for the color of the cheerleader's uniforms one bit.

I have to say that yeah, I felt that this third episode was a little on the weak side, and didn't really hold my attention the whole way through. I agree with everyone who said that they'd like to see more of the members of the Glee club fleshed out, instead of the constant focus on Will and his wife. While I enjoyed Victor Garber and Debra Monk, I was thoroughly bored every time Will and his father would have one of their deep conversations. On the plus side, I LOVED Debra Monk's drunken moment with Josh Groban

I do think that Jane Lynch's character needs more of a motivation, cause right now she just seems to be going after the Glee club just for the sake of it, like she has nothing better to do.

I can't say I care for the color of the cheerleader's uniforms one bit.

Just to piggyback on that, and it's kind of a really nitpicky thing, but does anybody else find it completely unrealistic that these cheerleaders wear there uniforms to school every day? Every time we see them, they're always in those same uniforms. Do they EVER wear regular clothes? I mean, I think we figured out that they're cheerleaders, we don't need to be beaten over the head with it.

I'm not digging the whole subplot with the red-haired teacher whose name escapes me. You can tell it's heading toward a standard love triangle plot. The Acafella subplot could have been better, but wasn't that bad. I do hate that they seem to be infusing each episode with a theme (like 'confidence'). The musical numbers were definitely the highlight. Loved "Bust Your Windows", despite the way it was sort of forced into the plot, as well as the other musical numbers.

---

"I do think that Jane Lynch's character needs more of a motivation, cause right now she just seems to be going after the Glee club just for the sake of it, like she has nothing better to do."

She said in the last episode that she's trying to destroy Glee club because she wants her full budget back. That's actually one of the few character points that the writers got right. The fight for budget dollars is reality.

---

Yeah, it IS unrealistic. That's exactly what Ryan Murphy is going for. That's what he's always gone for. He creates absurd realities in his shows. That's what Glee is trying to go for: absurdity with heart. I, personally, don't think it quite works for this show, because Murphy wants us to love all of the characters, which just isn't going to happen. But I like the tone the show is starting to go for.

---

There's so many Glee threads that I can't keep up! As I stated on one of the many other Glee threads, this past episode wasn't as enjoyable to me as the others. I hope future episodes will focus more on the actual Glee club kids. I was a tad upset that they rushed the Rachel/Finn relationship soooo much! It should have played out like a Jim/Pam relationship IMO (how excited am I that The Office is back?! Yipppeee!!)

Maybe Im just getting too old to connect to the plight of a teenager because its funny to me how the consensus here is that the focus needed to change to the glee club kids- the storyline about the gay kid coming out, as if anyone couldn't see that he was gay, had me rolling my eyes. I enjoyed the man band, but maybe thats cuz I know Matt tried a boy band or two in real life. And I agree that they need to do something to make the wife atleast somewhat more likeable, Im totally rooting for the other teacher lady.

Re: Sue character - The sun tan privilages were revoked as punishment to that girl not budget cuts. The only thing they have officially cut was the dry cleaning budget. I personally think her motive is that she and her Cheerios have been top dog, and is threatened by anyone/thing that can take spotlight away from her. She rules the school. Upcoming episodes are supposed to go into that more.

---

For me I'm really enjoying the multiple story lines and think there are plenty of places to go.

Pushing Daisies wasn't just "twee heightened"- it was a flat-out fantasy world.

Eh, it's just arguing semantics. I could still just say it was very very very heightened, since there were still plenty of real world constructs built into the universe. It was stylistic and anachronistic and based on an idea of magical realism, but it was still based in a vague reflection of the real world.

I don't really think how someone classifies each show really matters, though. The point still stands. Some of the reasons people will write off Glee will be similar to the reasons people wrote off Pushing Daisies.