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?
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