"Glee" Fox's Hit New Show

Fox’s new hit series Glee has everyone talking as well as singing. For those who normally do not like musicals, you’re in for a treat. For this show puts a new spin on the word musical. Unlike the typical musical, Glee brings more to the table. Glee is a show about a bunch of students who come from different backgrounds that bond together sharing no common interests other than their passion to sing and dance.

Although many think it is just another musical like High School Musical, it is not. Nip/Tuck director Ryan Murphy has made Glee’s storyline to mean more than just singing and dancing. Murphy focuses on club members growing as individuals while still having fun and making new friendships along the way. The club is set up for students to escape from reality to express themselves through their musical talents without being judged by their peers.

While all the club members get along for the most part, the two directors of the club do not see eye to eye. Actress Jane Lynch from Forty-Year Old Virgin and Two and a Half Men plays the role of Sue Sylvester, a cheerleading coach who has no good intentions for the Glee club but to destroy it. Sylvester goes about trying to destroy the club by using her faithful cheerios (cheerleaders) as spies to try and manipulate the students into believing head director Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) from Taking Chance and The Oak’s to be racist towards the different minorities in the club. However, due to Schuester’s love for the club, he does not sit back and watch Sylvester take control. Instead he fights back causing a continuous battle between the two.

Between the conflict with the coaches as well as the Glee members, school blogger Jacob Ben Israel (Josh Sussman) also known as “Jewfro” finds Glee club to be inspirational for his blog. If it is not the dilemma between Schuester and Sylvester, then it’s the shocking news about Quinn Fabray (Dianna Agron) being pregnant with Finn Hudson’s (Cory Monteith) baby. School blogger Israel gets his ideas for his blogs from head Glee club member Rachel Berry (Lea Michelle) by threatening her with the reputation of Glee club and its members.

Although at times the Glee club member’s breakout randomly singing and dancing in the school hall ways, the show still is made enjoyable for all to watch. Its typical everyday high school storyline of each members struggle to find their niche continues to bump up the ratings each week. Due to the sky high ratings the show has gotten since the first episode, networks are calling Glee one of the most commonly watched shows of the season.

For those who have not seen Glee, tune in to Fox every Wednesday night at 9pm to be wowed by the drama and talent provided by the Glee members of William McKinley High.