Who does NOT love GLEE?- Page 3

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 9/27/11 at 5:52pm

Debra Messing was the only reason to watch that mess of a show. I understand the love for it since it featured two gay (yet ultimately asexual) characters but come on - that was a really unfunny mess of a show.

[AwesomeDanny]

Posted: 9/27/11 at 6:27pm

Most of my friends love this show, but I can't stand it. For some strange reason, though, I continue to watch it, hoping that it gets better. Most of the time, I skip through the songs because I can't stand the singing. I did enjoy this past episode, mostly to see Lea Michele cry upon realizing that she's not as amazing as she thought.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 9/27/11 at 7:21pm

I won't watch it. (But, somehow I was drawn to watching the audition show/competition. It got me annoyed in the same exact ways, but I was drawn to it.)

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 9/27/11 at 8:20pm

Well, they did just claim that Maria sings "Somewhere" and it'd be a perfect audition song for WSS. Aghhhh.

[ChiChi]

Posted: 9/27/11 at 8:26pm

When I was a gay teen, I wouldn't have wanted people to associate me with the likes of that female in drag on GLEE. I'm sorry to sound harsh, but I really hate it when gays are represented in such a negatively stereotypical way. I even want to tell that guy to "Man Up!" and I hate it when people say that.

[Jane2]

Posted: 9/27/11 at 8:32pm

"Nobody gives a crap that you don't like the show. "

I beg to differ. I got so nauseatingly sick of hearing how great it is from almost everyone around me, that I was delighted to see this thread, and I gave a crap that others share my sentiment

"Congratulations, you don't like Glee. You're about as counter-culture as the people who buy their anarchy and Che Guevara t-shirts at Hot Topic."

LOL, And how much were those t-shirts last time you priced them, Orangeskittles?



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[iflip4musicals]

Posted: 9/27/11 at 10:27pm

"Everyone thinks that because I am a Broadway fan I should love Glee... I don't love Glee BECAUSE I am a Broadway fan. I can't stand what they have done to some of my favorite songs."

THIS, thanks for this bwayphreak

[MermansMan]

Posted: 9/27/11 at 10:31pm

<----------- HATES GLEE...

[jasonf]

Posted: 9/27/11 at 10:33pm

I happen to enjoy Glee, but that's not why I'm posting here. Someone earlier in the thread (I think it was Kad) made a point about how "revolutionary" it was that kids were being exposed to shows like Les Mis and WSS (quotes fully intended as sarcasm).

The thing is, it IS revolutionary. Because everyone this board is into theater, it's not that big a deal to us. You have NO idea the cultural bubble so many kids these days live in. I have students who've never HEARD of things like the Muppets or Bugs Bunny, let alone HUGE shows like Les Mis or West Side Story.

But some of them watch Glee. And some of them become familiar with shows BECAUSE of Glee. Theater geeks aren't the target audience. They're NEVER going to do a Sondheim episode. Think about it - they have Matthew Morrison and he's NEVER sung a full on Broadway ballad on the show. This is the most exposure MANY kids are getting to Broadway, so I give the show some slack on the choices they make.

Like the show or not, criticizing the show because they're doing "big" shows as opposed to obscure ones to cater to a small percentage of their audience makes no sense. I've had students who've told me they've looked into other shows because of Glee - and if they start with learning West Side Story, then so be it.
They're not going to win over any theater fans by having the entire cast do "A Weekend in the Country."

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 9/27/11 at 10:52pm

But you can tell that the writers know nothing about theatre. It shows. It's not that they're dumbing it down for the audience, they seriously are just that ignorant about it. I don't get the impression that the writers love musicals at all, just that they write characters who (supposedly) love them.

Updated On: 9/27/11 at 10:52 PM

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 9/28/11 at 2:17pm

This is the show where the theatrical know-it-alls didn't know Cats hadn't been running on Broadway for a decade, right?

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 9/28/11 at 2:29pm

I could never get through a single episode. Acquaintances are always saying, "YOU must love Glee too, right?" But no.

I have no idea why none of these people who think they know me so well have yet to say, "You must be excited about Smash, right?" Because, YES, I am!

[Gaveston2]

Posted: 9/28/11 at 2:44pm

The first season was genius: the rival glee club does a production number of Amy Winehouse's "Rehab"; the football team sings (and dances) "Single Ladies" before a snap; Finn ejaculates prematurely in a hot tub and Quinn convinces him he got her pregnant; pretty much every scene Jane Lynch was in.

Then they did a second season, unfortunately, and now a third.

One longs for the BBC system where a show only airs six episodes per year.

[jasonf]

Posted: 9/28/11 at 5:45pm

The second season WAS a mess. The writing was all over the place. The firs two episodes this season have been better....I'm hoping they can turn it around because I really DID enjoy the first season.

I'm hoping Smash is great, as well...

[BellatrixxLestrangee]

Posted: 9/28/11 at 9:21pm

Like a lot of other people on this board, I really enjoyed the first season. It exposed me to Broadway and I am so glad that it did. However, I absolutely hated the second season. I stopped watching the show a couple episodes in.

[Wishing Only Wounds]

Posted: 9/29/11 at 11:51am

I hate it.

[rentfan2]

Posted: 9/29/11 at 12:03pm

I happen to love Glee, but everyone is entitled to their opinion.

What I am against is the instant hatred of anyone who likes Glee.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 9/29/11 at 4:47pm

Count me in as a GLEE hater. Dreadful dreadful self-righteous show. Foul.

Although I will admit that I have occasionally watched to get a glimpse of that dim bulb blonde, her character had been a cheerleader, I think her name is Britney, and she always makes me laugh. Her delivery of some of those outlandish lines is just spot-on. I remember once when Morrison said something about not throwing out the baby with the bathwater, and she replied, "I totally did that once."

[Moneyspider]

Posted: 9/30/11 at 12:47am

I'm hoping its success mean we stop getting "gay if you want, metrosexual if not" characters.