'Glee', do I care...should I be caring about this?
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UPDATED: Monday, May 10, 2010 22:47
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Three good reasons to watch Glee tomorrow night.
Kristen Chenoweth returns! One good reason is that she can sing better than anyone else who has ever appeared on the show. I'll let you figure out the other two. 
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Originally posted by ecgordon:
Other than Will's hopefully soon to be ex-wife and her fake pregnancy storyline, the only other thing I don't like about the show is that all of the musical numbers (including the rehearsals) are too polished and orchestrated. A little more realism would help ground the show and make the characters more accessible, IMO.
I completely agree with this post 100%.
EC is spot on, couldn't have said it better myself.
Nothing irks me more than seeing them sit down at a piano, start singing, and then we hear a full band come in, out of nowhere, and the voices start sounding all 'electronic' etc, yet it's supposed to be this intimate moment or something. Just bothers me.
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ok folks, i know things seem TOO polished, and well orchestrated on these type of shows,
but for good reason.
THEY ARE!
it's a tv show!
you must remember to kick-start your suspension of disbelief matrices!
that also helps in the real world sometimes...
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optimus, i totally agree with you on other things, and I suspend my disbelief a LOT with this show, but it's not about suspension of disbelief, it's more just that it annoys me, because the style/scale which they perform the song in is what makes the moment, and often the scene/moment/emotion is ruined by the huge scale production of the song.
That's just me personally.
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Not only was the last episode's opening number over-produced, I was wondering how many current high schoolers even know who Vanilla Ice was, much less know that song.
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Originally posted by BigRichard:
optimus, i totally agree with you on other things, and I suspend my disbelief a LOT with this show, but it's not about suspension of disbelief, it's more just that it annoys me, because the style/scale which they perform the song in is what makes the moment, and often the scene/moment/emotion is ruined by the huge scale production of the song.
That's just me personally.
Total Gleek here...
I'm hoping that the first few eps of this half of season 1 were abnormal. I don't mind that the songs are so produced as I understand not wanting to record two different versions of each song, but I don't like the huge numbers that accompany. If there is a flimsy reason for a number, fine. But a fully produced, choreographed number during the middle of an ep for no apparent reason? I don't like that so much. Bad reputation got the balance right again...and I hope it continues.
They do also need to be aware of writing the show and finding the songs vs. finding the songs and then writing the show. It annoys me when you felt led on a story arc just because there is a song that works. As I didn't know the "Bust your Windows" song, I didn't feel like the song led that story. There have been a few times, however, that I was like 'oh, that's why we went down that path.' That's what I don't like.
What I love about the show is that it is so over the top, but it's grounded in true emotion. The scenarios can be far-fetched and overly dramatized, but the emotion behind them is always real. That's this show's schtick.
As for song choice, I don't care if it's appropriate for high-schoolers of that age. They probably don't know Vanilla Ice OR MC Hammer, but whatevs. I'm sure a lot don't know the show tunes they sing either. IMO, it's more important to pick good songs (songs with some familiarity for the audience over what these kids may or may not know. For the most part the song choices (and arrangements) have been great. I can tell you that I will gladly listen to some music that would NEVER touch my iPod in the original versions (any of the R&B stuff). I appreciate when they have some of the unrehearsed moments, but like I said earlier, I'm okay with the songs being produced once (meaning for immediate availability on iTunes). I can't imagine the production of this show is easy at any level. There's script, music, dance, etc, so if they have to take a shortcut by doing one version of the song, so be it.
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Originally posted by ecgordon:
Other than Will's hopefully soon to be ex-wife and her fake pregnancy storyline, the only other thing I don't like about the show is that all of the musical numbers (including the rehearsals) are too polished and orchestrated. A little more realism would help ground the show and make the characters more accessible, IMO.
But sell fewer copies on iTunes - for which the show has become a total cash cow. Don't expect them to go for more realism.... ever.
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Originally posted by ecgordon:
A little more realism would help ground the show and make the characters more accessible, IMO.
The emotion is what grounds the show, IMO. I've rarely seen them get the emotion wrong so far.
I think they've done two unproduced numbers: the kids sitting around singing "Must be the Money" and something just recently...it was nice...but I realized I preferred the produced numbers. :D
As for Kristen Chenoweth? Blech. I think April Rhodes is sort of funny, but I could do without KC singing much of anything at all. I understand she has a great voice, it just doesn't appeal to me one iota. "Maybe this time" is one of the songs on the soundtracks that I skip over without thinking twice.
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