I LOVE Glee. After a lifetime of watching romanticized stories of jocks and cheerleaders (minus the beautiful reprieve of Freaks and Geeks) there is finally a show for us Choir nerds!
The first half of Glee’s first season brought back everything from Journey to The Thong Song in a show choir format you have to love. It’s so fun that no one cares that 20-something Broadway starlets are masquerading as ambitious teenagers. Behind the music are twisted stories of love and lies, that reached a dramatic pitch as intense as anything else on television. There’s something in it for everybody.
It’s too good to last.
By it’s very nature, Glee is a gimmick. We’ve put past the silliness of singing in the hallways and overly dramatic characters because it’s so lovable. But gimmicks can’t last forever.
What scares me is the ridiculously contrived storyline of last week’s Madonna episode will become normal. Come up with a theme, and try to fit the story into it. Glee has worked thus far because the story and characters are compelling enough to ignore it’s ridiculousness.
Last week’s episode was a cheap trick, one that would be easy for producers to repeat.
At least there’s this:
Tweets