3/13/2023 0 Comments Glee pink houses![]() Here’s what we know because it’s been repeated ad nauseam: Rachel is obnoxious, Kurt is in pain over his identity struggles, Mercedes is obsessed with popularity. We didn’t hate the episode, but we didn’t love it, either. Really, Glee? You don’t think that might be just a mite heavy-handed?Īdditionally, the closing scene of the entire choir onstage dressed like they work at the GAP and singing a song at least a decade old as Rachel and Finn dance-chase each other around is another Glee cliche that needs a rest for a while. We’re not complaining about the frequency with which differently abled characters are depicted we’re just a little uncomfortable with how often they’re used to teach a lesson, especially when you’ve got a quadriplegic teaching a lesson to a girl with tonsillitis. At least with Artie’s story it was actually about a main character, but with the deaf kids, the developmentally disabled characters, and now the paralyzed kid, it’s veering into cheap plot device territory, and worse, Afterschool Special territory. Later, the show makes us even more uncomfortable as yet again, a disabled person is used to teach an Important Lesson to the so-called “able-bodied” person. It would have been a great solo opportunity for her.īut we can’t shed too many tears over missed opportunities because we got treated to a freaking fabulous version of “The Boy is Mine” with the unlikely duo of Mercedes and Santana who were AWESOME together. ![]() ![]() First, Puck is up with a cute, but not great version of “The Lady is a Tramp,” which only got really interesting when Mercedes joined in. No it doesn’t make a damn bit of sense given the world the show operates in but it seemed pretty obvious to us that they came up with the songs first and then built a story out of it. He decides to date Mercedes to get it back. We can’t feel too bad for him because he got to realize the secret dreams of generations of gay boys by getting his turn to play Mama Rose, God bless him.Īlso, Puck has his mohawk forcibly shaved off and loses his mojo. Somehow he managed to make “Pink Houses” sound even more cynical than the original Mellencamp version. Meanwhile, Kurt once again is the semi-closeted gay teen struggling like hell to be anything but what he knows he is and causing former closeted former teens to squirm in their seats remembering things they’re happier not remembering. ![]() T hen, she loses her voice, a development that can only be classified as “welcome.” Look, we love the girl and there’s no doubt she’s the star, but anytime the focus gets taken off her can only be good for the show because they have such a great ensemble cast. Rachel became more obnoxious, pushing her even closer to becoming too obnoxious for any viewer to care about her. Rapid-fire with no concern for form or structure or rationality. There's a young man in a t-shirt Listenin' to a rockin' rollin' station He's got greasy hair, greasy smile He says, "Lord this must be my destination." 'Cause they told me when I was younger "Boy you're gonna be president.Let’s do it Glee-style, bitches. Oh but ain't that America for you and me Ain't that America somethin' to see baby Ain't that America home of the free Little pink houses for you and me There's a black man with a black cat livin' in a blackneighborhood He's got an interstate runnin' through his front yard You know he thinks that he's got it so good And there's a woman in the kitchen cleanin' up the evenin' slop And he looks at her and says, "Hey darlin', I can remember when you could stop a clock."
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