I love Glee. I love the music and the quirky characters. I love the fact that when a music number is on, a huge band just appears in the Glee Club practice room. I love the car that Mr. Schuster drives and Sue Sylvester cracks me up every week.
But lately, I have started to miss the Glee that I fell in love with. For me, it started with the Madonna episode. I felt like it was overdone and too much of the focus was on Madonna and not the storyline. I had similar issues with the Lady Gaga episode, but it was just recently that I've questioned whether or not to even continue to watch. The Britney Spears episode was horrible. Nate doesn't usually watch Glee with me, but he happened to be watching this particular episode and I was uncomfortable with him even being in the room. The dances and costumes were so raunchy that I didn't want my husband seeing that. And the message being sent by highlighting the career of Britney Spears wasn't one that I would ever want my girls to get. Really . . . as great as it is that she has come back (somewhat) from her dark days, she is no one to hold up on a pedestal.
And then there was the religion episode. On one level, the whole "grilled cheesus" thing was funny. But when I really sat back and thought about it, the portrayal of my Jesus was simply disgusting. There was no honor or respect for Him and the message sent was one of silliness and disregard. If those writers really knew the Jesus I know, they would have never portrayed Him that way.
Vicki Courtney is a woman who has become a voice for Christian girls and women in society. She is an expert on the culture and calls it like she sees it. She stands up for truth and has been a great resource for me as I think about raising our girls in this culture that all too often degrades women and disrespects our God. She wrote a blog post about this very subject on Glee, which I thoroughly enjoyed reading and found myself agreeing with (sorry to end my sentence with a preposition). Her insight is worth reading. www.vickicourtney.com/2010/10/why-im-quitting-the-glee-club/
2 comments:
I miss the old Glee, where they sang fun songs and danced awkwardly. Like so many things now, when I watch I'm like "really? was that necessary?". I love music and I love to sing, but a lot of the episodes that are solely about one artist are lost to me. I've never been the biggest Madonna or Britney fan, so those weren't my fave. It's also weird/awkward when the "adults" join in with the "kids", even though the awkwardness of Mr S makes me laugh. I dunno. Some people loved this last episode. Like so many others, it left me wanting...
I agree! Glee this year has really gone downhill. I thought their ratings last year were good enough without having to include the storylines and costumes they have been gravitating toward. They are losing me too.
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