“Glee” one of the Fox Network’s latest series is a quirky take-off of a teen musical show; slightly cheesy high school drama consisting of the usual cliques and cliché teen crisis’s such as teen pregnancy, crushes, popular cheerleaders and rivalry.
The show provides a witty sense of humor adding life to the regular teen show by adding in touchy subjects such as student teacher relationships, racial/ minority comments, stereotyping and beyond.
The series focuses on the high schools choir group or “glee club”, as for it consists of various students from all different traditional high school cliques. There also adds a twist when rivaling teachers are the advisors for the group who have very different approaches.
There is the outspoken, competitive and cutthroat cheerleading coach played by Jane Lynch and then there is the Spanish teacher who is more conventional and sympathetic played by Matthew Morrison. Other key roles are played by Jessalyn Gilsig, and Lea Michele.
In my opinion Jane Lynch plays the perfect role as the sarcastic antagonist, who has played these sorts of roles in the past in the popular films Role Models, Talladega Nights and 40 Year-old Virgin. Her character is well played and certainly adds much humor, drama and wit to show.
The cast also consists of many actors and actresses who have a background in musicals or Broadway performances as opposed to a more traditional cast viewed in other comedies.
"Glee" has taken a musical approach due to the hype of various programs such as “American Idol” and “High School Musical”, however the intent seems more geared towards a wider variety of audiences adult and teen alike due to the shows focus on adult characters as well as high-schoolers.
The show breaks into musical performance here and there performing all sorts of chart hits such as “No Air” by Jordan Sparks and “Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey. The nature of the show is suddenly changed from a normal format to a musical-styled and pre recorded performance with different camera techniques and a more theatrical setting. It’s an odd transition from regular scene to the musical scene but that is apparent in most musicals on TV.
I believe the show will bring a lot to the table as for what I have seen has been very entertaining with a great cast and certain aspects that set it apart from past musical and teen comical dramas.
You can watch “Glee” Wednesday nights at 9 on Fox, or watch Episodes online at Fox.com
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