Glee: My first impressions

I wasn’t dead set on watching this show and to be honest, even once I decided to give it a try, I was still unsure if this would be the type of show that I enjoy. I just couldn’t get this preconceived notion out of my head that this would basically be ‘High School Musical’ in sitcom form. I heard good things about it, and in the end I decided that I appreciate Jane Lynch enough that it was worth giving it a try. Turns out I have to admit that I really enjoyed it. It was definitely funny and despite the fact that it had elements of a true old fashioned musical, it was tolerable. I have grown to become used to characters breaking out in song out of nowhere in Disney movies, and when it’s the South Park kids you know its going to be hilarious so I will willingly accept it there as well. But generally I am not the biggest fan of random songs sung by the characters to move the plot.

That being said, the show is about a high school glee club so I guess that is to be expected. Plus the singing is well done, so it was pretty cool to hear their version of Kanye West’s ‘Gold Digger’. Which brings me to my next pleasant surprise about the show, it is unexpectedly complex. Or at least it seems so far. The scene in which they sung ‘gold digger’ was nicely mixed in with shots of the glee club teacher’s wife who we have come to understand is a gold digger, or for lack of a better term, she manipulates her husband and basically demands the finer things in life despite the fact that he wants to be a responsible and modest spender. Not to mention, his wife is lying to him about being pregnant and he seems to be wanting more in his relationship because he more or less openly flirts with another teacher, who also has strong feelings for him in return. Borderline adultery and it’s only the first episode! 

This coincides with the story of a football player who is falling for his fellow glee club mate, but refuses to break up with his popular head cheerleader girlfriend. Jane Lynch plays the rugged cheerleading squad coach who loathes the glee club and looks to disband it. She sees a perfect opportunity to get a leg up on the glee club when her head cheerleader decides to join the glee club in an effort to spy on / keep her boyfriend from falling for someone else. Let the drama begin to unfold.

So aside from the occasional random song, the show was quite funny, entertaining and has an interesting storyline that seems to tie itself together pretty well. Then again, I might have just been in the back-to-school spirit with all the great custom school giveaways that have been flying around recently. I used to be able to see such items without thinking about how a logo got there, but while I was watching ‘Glee’ last night I couldn’t help think about the wide variety of school promotional items we have at Motivators.com every time I saw a student holding up a custom foam finger with the school’s logo on it or someone wearing a custom hoodie with the school name written across the chest. As it has been said before, they’re everywhere! Schools are an easy target though, I wonder if promotional items will make their way into any of the other new fall shows?