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07/29/09
By the same token, it will turn out that Kurt is not gay, not at all, despite his playing to all the stereotypes.
07/28/09
Of course, I do spend an inordinate amount of time on Bravo...
07/28/09
I feel like singing "one of these things is not like the others." Seriously, you get to pick two, any two, of the above traits.
07/29/09
My best friend, who is straight, will have to be the litmus on this one.
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07/28/09
I agree that the show's not breaking new ground in a lot of ways, but I guess I don't expect that much from TV. Appealing actors and fun music is more than a lot of TV has to offer, and I'll take it gladly.
I'm not saying you're wrong, mind you, although I do question the characteristics you're attributing to people who have different taste than you do. I think you probably feel the same way about this show that I do about "Desperate Housewives" -- the idea that it was somehow daring in its portrayal of the dark underside of suburbia used to annoy me, given that Douglas Sirk did it better 50 years ago.
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07/30/09
But hey, potayto potahto. I'm not saying you're wrong. I guess I'm trying to acquit myself of being bland and self-involved. Wait, maybe I am a cartoonishly annoying overachieving Gawker commenter! Please don't hurl fruit drinks at me.
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I'm wondering though...does this mean those two characters will have a thing? Will he not be gay? Probably more of an unrequited love thing on her part.
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05/20/09
I really hope this isn't all just wishful thinking, because I'm in love with this show already.
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05/20/09
HILARIOUS!
05/20/09
Part of the O.C. (sadly, I watched the first season) success was that it launched in the summer when nothing else was on T.V.
Maybe it's because the advertising buys aren't as high in the summer? I just don't understand that formula of networks saving the good stuff for the fall!
05/20/09
05/20/09
Will’s wife goes right for the jugular with her accusation: "It’s your way of recapturing your glory days." Material comfort and the mechanism of shame make a persuasive argument to let creative instruments gather dust in the attic. For those of us whose creative pursuits have faded into memory, this show gives at least the vicarious thrill of hope for renewal. The real-life difficulties are present in Glee, among them the problems of less pay, longer hours, and marital stress. The sweetness of song, however, may inspire us to find in ourselves what we lack: will. In that regard, there is much in the name of the protagonist, as there is much promise in the name of the show.
Music makes the final scene beyond effective. How else could a predictable ending to a conventional narrative make me feel so exhilarated, so full of hope and—I have to say it—glee? It is thanks to the fantastic arrangement of "Don’t Stop Believin’" and to Lea Michelle’s interpretation in her solo at the beginning. (Not being a musical theater buff, I did not know who she is! Sorry!) It feels so awesome at the beginning of that number, because she makes her voice soar in a melody that most of would have to strain to sing. When you hear a voice do that—make it so easy and agile and light—there is a vicarious thrill: it’s like knowing how to body-board and then watching a professional surfer flying through a massive tube.
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Can someone please make a show that makes it look like adults have fun every once in awhile? Lost is going away and I constantly fear for 30 Rock to be taken from me.
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P.S. Wait, you think the people in Lost are having fun?
05/20/09
I was in love with the Simpsons about a dozen years ago, Newsradio and Arrested Development hit the ball out of the park for me. And Seinfeld is probably the funniest thing I've seen on TV.
And the people in Lost look like they're doing more interesting things than I'm doing right now.
05/20/09
And agreed: I'd rather be enmeshed in any sort of island-based existential danger than be at work.
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05/20/09
@DahlELama: On eternal Frasier love: yes.
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@Brawndo: For some reason or antoher, I dropped off of my Philadelphia watching. Not sure why, though, that show is fantastic.
05/20/09
If you're interested in British Television, I'd strongly recommend Hotel Babylon (!) and Hustle (and maybe Being Human, actually, if you like something a little less conventional).