Total Number of Ratings: 7
Glee
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 1:46 PM
Glee is created by Ryan Murphy, who created Nip/Tuck and Popular. Some people don't want to call this a musical, they say it's a show with singing. A Glee Club where it's members simply sing. The Glee club is made up of various members coming from all over high school. Matthew Morrison's character Will Shuester is a Spanish teacher who has just taken over the Glee club. Whatever the hell you want to call this, I'm fine with because the show is of quality material. Hate High School Musical? Well then this show is probably more your liking without the entire thing consisting of song. Glee is more mature too, hoping to snag the other margine that HSM missed. It's quite funny, so on a two front basis it's already running very strong on the comedy and the singing.
To be quite honest, after the show was over I had a giant grin on my face, and till now I'm still trying to figure out how it got there. Now mind you this is only the pilot, there are more episodes to come that's for sure, but they are running out of the gates guns a blazing. I'm really interested to see where they take the show now, because they've already overcome the simple storyline of be who you want to be, don't be afraid of doing it, and be passionate about what you do. The pilot does kind of set up the storyline of the Glee club going to a national competition already, which makes the show predictable. However, if they manage to change things up along the way this may be one of Fox's strong contenders running into the fall.
The show is made up of an interesting cast, the stronger, more recognizable actors are Jane Lynch playing an overzealous cheerleading coach, and Jessalyn Gilsig, Shuesters wife of five years. So this show is an opportunity for more unknowns to make their presence known. Lea Michele is a Broadway actress (who won a drama desk award being on Broadway) essentially marking her debut here as one of the bright, young, and underestimated students. Her and Cory Monteith's character are somewhat of a cliche but it's still enjoyable. Monteith plays an all star quarterback who has a hidden passion for singing. Jayma Mays character Emma, an OCD guidance counselor seems very predictable and I feel like I know what's already going to happen with her character and how she will affect the storyline.
Overall, I was very impressed by this show. I think if they manage to balance the comedy and music as they did in the pilot the show will be extremely comfortable settling into the fall lineup. It could very well be predictable, but I'm enjoying everything about it so far. Be sure to check it out on Hulu before it disappears.
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Me and my sister watched it.....we thought it was okay.
My sister is a huge broadway buff and has done all those musicals from elementary to high school. She thought it was a very good look at the life of a drama kid, but we both agreed it wasnt all that funny. We'll both try the next couple of episodes though.