GLEE #20: Theatricality

[GrayLinnorm]

From the about freaking time department: Tina FINALLY gets the spotlight in this episode, which features the music of Lady Gaga and Kiss. Rachel also meets her mother, and Mike O'Malley returns as Kurt's dad.

This was supposed to be the next to last episode of the season (BTW, Glee has been renewed for two more seasons, and will run an episode after the Super Bowl), but I guess they thought this heavily-hyped episode would be a better fit for the sweeps, which end tomorrow. Hopefully, I'll get more responses, now that Glee no longer has to compete with Lost.

I'll post the playlist later. Right now, I'm having trouble getting online.

 

[GrayLinnorm]

The playlist:

Tina, Kurt, and the other girls sing "Bad Romance", originally performed by Lady Gaga

Idina Menzel sings "Funny Girl", originally performed by Barbara Streisand

Rachel and Idina sing "Poker Face", originally performed by Lady Gaga

The boys sing "Beth" and "Shout It Out Loud", originally performed by Kiss

 

[Krug]

Still have mixed feelings about the show but Jane Lynch is really the best thing about it.

 

[Umbran]

In this episode, it seems to me the music took a back seat to some very good acting.

They seem to be spreading around some focus and musical leads, which is also a fine thing.

 

[Diamond Cross]

The problem is if they did that to my kid I'd sue the school. There doesn't seem to be any kind of dress code at that school, not even rules such as no gang colors to prevent disruption in class. So in forbidding her, and only her to wear a Goth style, that lays grounds for a lawsuit.

I can defiantly understand the animosity towards the Goth and vampire sub culture though.

Eventually Quinns' going to have to tell his mother that the guy's son is a homosexual and set it up to get Quinn. If that happened to me, I'd have to move out of the house and find me a new apartment. And I'm really hating that gay kid for doing this kind of crap. If they write it so that Quinn turns gay I will stop watching this show.

And Lady Ga Ga only stole her schtick from Christina Aquilera.

 

[BrooklynKnight]

I always thought she was a female GWAR.

 

[Diamond Cross]

Gwar?

???

 

[Fast Learner]

Kurt is immature and dumb, but that's teenagers for you. If he doesn't believe that he can somehow magically become straight, he shouldn't believe that somehow Finn (not Quinn, that's the pregnant girl) could magically become gay. It's wishful love feeling bs that teenagers get into all the time.

Kurt's dad's speech about the use of "fag" was really, really good, and spot on. That he was willing to stand up to Finn to that level -- potentially giving up his love relationship with Finn's mom -- was very cool, very strong.

 

[Diamond Cross]

Yeah it was a moving scene to hear his father's speech, but I wonder how bad both of them would feel if they learned his son set them up so he could go after Finn. Realistically speaking, at least if it were me it would be a serious breach of trust and I'd be really hurt. Unrealistically speaking though, I don't think it would work out that way. I think his father would blindly forgive him. This series seems to be about the underdogs coming out on top (which is why I'm certain they'll win the championships) and since Kurt is the most underdog of them all, being gay, it'll be his father blindly forgiving him. That's how he'll come out on top.

After all, Finn "discovered" that he could wear a bizarre rubber pink dress because of Kurt's influence and stood up for him against those bullies. But being different doesn't necessarily mean being gay and I really hope they don't turn Finn gay all of a sudden. But it looks like they are trying to turn Finn gay.

But I hope not.

 

[Fast Learner]

Wow. Um, no, I'm positive they're not going to make Finn a gay character. The point of the scene was Finn standing up for those who are different, being willing to be seen in an entirely derisive way by the "normal" crowd as an act of solidarity.

Finn discovered that standing up for individuality -- using extreme theatricality in order to drive home the point -- was more important to him than being accepted socially by his football pals.