Thursday, September 23, 2010

Glee - Audition, S02E01

I have said it before and I will say it again: If not for the fact that Glee is a musical, no one would watch it. This insane high school comedy continues to have very little that is redeeming beyond its music. Of course, the music side of it makes it so compelling and watchable that, despite my continued complaints, I will probably still watch because, whatever else it might be, it is entertaining.

Okay, so it was quickly established that the Glee kids are still a bunch of losers. Fine. And Finn (Cory Monteith) and Rachel (Lea Michele) are still happily together, while Artie (Kevin McHale) lost Tine (Jenna Ushkowitz) to Mike (Harry Shum Jr.). That's really all that was significant about what has happened since last season.

Now, Quinn (Dianna Agron) is back to being head cheerleader because Santana (Naya Rivera) got a boob job, and the two friends really don't like each other anymore, and worse, Finn got kicked off the football team. And that happened because people are awful and mean to each other and as a result, other people are even more awful and mean to even more people. Why would I want to watch a show where everyone is so horrible?

Oh, and while I really enjoyed the New York song and Rachel's brilliant finale, I do want to know what was up with her singing with Sunshine (Charice) in the bathroom because other than the final interruption by Sue (Jane Lynch) the entire moment was just weird, as well as what is the point in giving all these pointless secondary characters solos and diva moments when I really don't care enough to just listen to them sing. It's a tv show, people, not a concert.

Finally, did they really have to make Rachel come across as such a bitch to have sent Sunshine to a crackhouse? I don't actually believe that behaviour is possible from her. Maybe if Sunshine had gotten herself horribly lost because of Rachel's directions and perhaps ended up in an unsavory part of town as a result, that would have made sense, but Rachel should know better than being that evil after having been egged so cruelly at the end of last season.

But that is Glee for you. Love the music, love Sue for being evil and witty, love every moment that you can actually love, and simply ignore all the noise and nonsense.

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