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hazelkSummer’s over and Glee is back. Confession. I don’t watch that much TV. Even when there was more time I’d have one or two things I’d watch religiously and ignore pretty much anything else (movies are different). This summer was pretty much a TV desert apart from Luther (disapointing) and then Sherlock (entertaining but problematic). I still wish they’d cast Idris Elba as Sherlock. It would have forced it to become a very different show and Watson might have struggled to make much impression but Stringer Bell as Sherlock? Think about it. Anyway Glee…
About halfway through Britney/Brittany it began to feel like a reworking of that Buffy episode where a vengeful First Slayer manifests through everyone’s dreams. Spears may not be a primordial killing machine but she’s idtastic enough in her own sex-riot inspiring way. No wonder Sue fears her, on screen she’s like the anti-Madonna. Madge is all about controlling how and when and who looks at her, Brit-Brit just wants the camera to eat her all up and spit out the bones. Unsurprisingly, the episode ends in a orgiastic response to a Fosse-flavoured "Toxic" performance that sweeps Sue away before everyone wakes up for their gargle and rinse of young adult contemporary.
Brittany’s id dresses like her namesake but dances like a blonde Sasha Fierce. Britney hot but Brittany strong, it could almost be the premise for a superhero comic. Mild-mannered Judy Holliday for the dazed and confused generation by day, spends her nights fighting solo crimes by being more talented than you. One of which could have been Rachel’s version of "Hit Me Baby One More Time." It should have worked. Rachel is the girl who wants things too much. She gives tongue like a real pop princess in close ups but can’t fake the hip moves. It wasn’t quite as wrong as her ballet number in Bad Reputation but when that was over it was over - no chairs were soiled, no butts went naked because of it (Glee means finding there’s always a lower place).
Artie’s "Stronger" was interesting as the boy version of a Britney video. Football pads instead of fetish outfits and weights instead of snakes. Last week one of my favourite scenes was Finn’s reaction to the idea of using Artie as a human cannonball. Something about his dawning realisation that it could be awesome overriding all sense was painfully hilarious. Although for all I know in a game that allows the players to break out "Single Ladies" as a diversion maybe it really is legal. Coach Beiste is cool either way.
Then there was the aforementioned "Toxic," possibly the best New Directions number ever. It was weird, it was sexy, it was funny. It had Mr Shue being inappropriately triple threaty, Mike Chang doing his thing up front, Kurt and Amber doing theirs with bowler hats and boobs and was shot like a real riot. Also the return of Becky as Sue’s personal mini-me. I love Becky and I love that she and Jean are recurring. Glee gets plenty of criticism for its treatment of disability but in this, the one area that’s personal, I think it scores a real win.
About halfway through Britney/Brittany it began to feel like a reworking of that Buffy episode where a vengeful First Slayer manifests through everyone’s dreams. Spears may not be a primordial killing machine but she’s idtastic enough in her own sex-riot inspiring way. No wonder Sue fears her, on screen she’s like the anti-Madonna. Madge is all about controlling how and when and who looks at her, Brit-Brit just wants the camera to eat her all up and spit out the bones. Unsurprisingly, the episode ends in a orgiastic response to a Fosse-flavoured "Toxic" performance that sweeps Sue away before everyone wakes up for their gargle and rinse of young adult contemporary.
Brittany’s id dresses like her namesake but dances like a blonde Sasha Fierce. Britney hot but Brittany strong, it could almost be the premise for a superhero comic. Mild-mannered Judy Holliday for the dazed and confused generation by day, spends her nights fighting solo crimes by being more talented than you. One of which could have been Rachel’s version of "Hit Me Baby One More Time." It should have worked. Rachel is the girl who wants things too much. She gives tongue like a real pop princess in close ups but can’t fake the hip moves. It wasn’t quite as wrong as her ballet number in Bad Reputation but when that was over it was over - no chairs were soiled, no butts went naked because of it (Glee means finding there’s always a lower place).
Artie’s "Stronger" was interesting as the boy version of a Britney video. Football pads instead of fetish outfits and weights instead of snakes. Last week one of my favourite scenes was Finn’s reaction to the idea of using Artie as a human cannonball. Something about his dawning realisation that it could be awesome overriding all sense was painfully hilarious. Although for all I know in a game that allows the players to break out "Single Ladies" as a diversion maybe it really is legal. Coach Beiste is cool either way.
Then there was the aforementioned "Toxic," possibly the best New Directions number ever. It was weird, it was sexy, it was funny. It had Mr Shue being inappropriately triple threaty, Mike Chang doing his thing up front, Kurt and Amber doing theirs with bowler hats and boobs and was shot like a real riot. Also the return of Becky as Sue’s personal mini-me. I love Becky and I love that she and Jean are recurring. Glee gets plenty of criticism for its treatment of disability but in this, the one area that’s personal, I think it scores a real win.
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Date: 2010-10-02 02:49 am (UTC)I was also wondering if during the Fosse number they had been inspired by audience reactions to the summer tour.
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Date: 2010-10-04 06:08 pm (UTC)I'm going with creepily oblivious with John Stamos (who I'd never heard of before all this) but he had me on edge from the beginning with his calling Emma adorable and the ongoing bro to bro stuff with Will made me want to slap both of them.
I was also wondering if during the Fosse number they had been inspired by audience reactions to the summer tour.
Makes sense :-)