Let's Just be Gleeful!
In this day when almost any successful film, television show or book can be repackaged as a musical and be taken seriously, thank heavens for a show that is just fun. We know that Glee is over the top. We know that Show Choir/Glee Club can be intense in real life; the anxieties of "fitting in" are just as intense. Adolescence is a roller coaster of emotions; and as the curse of 1980's mix tape shows, sometimes it is best expressed in song(s).
So bring on the covers, I won't look for the lip-syncing, but save us the Slushies in the face. They may echo Soupy Sale's pies, but they are painful reminders of the bullying that goes on in school.
I look forward to replaying song clips on fox.com; for I know it is often "a show about a show." All too often, many a television show tries to be about something, when we know that the best series are sometimes about nothing at all.
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