Thursday, September 17, 2009

Glee: Do you have the guts?

Last night's Glee episode was all about whether or not the male characters were "manly" enough and/or had the guts to follow through and succeed with different obstacles. Here is a quick recap of what happened.

The Cheerios convince Rachel that she needs to confront Will about his bad choreography. So she does just that, in the middle of rehearsal, and suggests they hire a professional, well-known choreographer. Once Will comes to grip with the fact that he apparently can't dance, he decides to form an all male a capella group with his grown adult friends that they title Acafellas. Because of this new group, Will does not have time for glee club anymore and the students are left to fend for themselves. Meanwhile, the Acafellas perform and are a huge success. There is even an article in the newspaper praising their efforts. But the group members crack under the pressure and the group looks for some new members. Finn and another football player step up, refusing to allow stereotypes and fear keep them from joining the group. They perform successfully, but I think it is safe to say that there won't be too many more performances from them. In other happenings, Finn eventually speaks up and tells Rachel he thinks hiring another choreographer is backstabbing Will; He even threatens to quit glee if she follows through. But Rachel goes ahead with the plan anyway, only to find out that the choreographer they want is extremely high priced. They have a car wash and raise the money only to spend a few minutes with the choreographer, realize he is an ass and fire him. They realize that they don't mind being the misfits and that they will only be able to pull through if they stick together. So with that everything is back on track and the Cheerios will have to come up with another way to derail them.

Also during this episode we got a glimpse further into the lives of Kurt and Mercedes. Rachel and Tina stage a gay intervention when they realize that Mercedes is romantically interested in Kurt. But Mercedes gives a speech about how all she is looking for is companionship and she refuses to listen to them. Later, when Mercedes asks Kurt to make their relationship official after going on three "dates," Kurt tells her he is in love with someone else. At the end of the episode Kurt tells Mercedes he is gay and admits to having never told anyone else. I like that we were provided with a storyline outside of the usual Rachel/Finn/Quinn and Will/Emma storylines. I hope they explore the other characters in coming episodes.

As for the episode as a whole, did you enjoy it? I liked when Rachel called out Finn for not having the guts to admit he has feelings for her. It worked well with the theme of the episode. Also, a lot of talk on blogs has been about how distracting the lip synching on the show is. I want to know what you think about it. Does it actually hinder your ability to enjoy the show?

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