Evaluation: Glee

In watching the new season of glee recently, I found it really emphasized the original concept of the TV show. I suppose that's the way it should be considering its a new season and new characters are being introduced to the idea of glee club and its goals: acceptance and success. It presents the idea that anyone is accepted and creates a safe environment, judgement free which is what a lot of the Glee kids need in their life to secure stability. New Directions is the name of their Glee club at William McKinley High School where in the show, stereotypes are what some people thrive on and what some people suffer by. For example, a homosexual man named Kurt, gets continuously harassed by the popular football guys but the glee club has his back and they do not judge him on his sexual interests. It sends a sign to society these days that it is okay to be gay and be yourself for there are people out there like you and it gives certain people role models to look up too in the celebrity world. Although a lot of the stereotypes are greatly exaggerated, it emphasizes the impact they have on people. For example, Brittany S. Pears, a popular cheerleader in the story is amazingly simple-minded and most characters in the TV show just consider her stupid, as well as Noah Puckerman or "Puck", he barely graduates high school as he is a popular football player in high school. He obviously represents the "stupid jock" that is a common stereotype in todays society which of course isn't true. These characters come from all over the map and throughout the tv series you learn more about their stories, but something they all have in common is that they are all participants in the Glee club. Personally, I find it quite entertaining how the writers and director of the show include so many major issues or topics in our society today. These issues include: same-sex relationships, teenage pregnancy, bullying, abusive relationships, obesity and many more. I think it is the perfect kind of TV show for this generation mostly because it addresses previously said issues as well as seeing the issues get fixed and the affected people eventually succeed. Now just starting its fourth season, Glee has been a success. It attracts all ages of an audience because of multiple reasons, one being the large variety of music and songs that are performed. From top 40, to oldies from the 80's and basically every genre, Glee, puts its own spin on every song that is sung. Once a popular song is sung and is well-known and done on glee, haters often declare that Glee has killed that song. I think it's funny, because sometimes I agree and yet I still love and watch it. For example, poker face by Lady Gaga, they really slowed it down and I thought it was really well done, but everyone else that has heard it, that I've talked to hates it and thinks it was a terrible cover. So many different people watch glee and have their own perspective on it just like everything else, the unique thing about glee is that such a variety of people can relate to it and it covers main topics and current songs in society.