I'm sure many of you are familiar with the T.V. show 'Glee'. Let me say flat out, I HATE GLEE. This statement seems a bit contradictory as I am wearing a Glee shirt today, but that is because a friend bought it for me, so I feel inclined to keep it, and because it happened to be the first thing I grabbed out of my drawer this morning.
So on to the hate. Glee was a good show at the start, I admit, great music, interesting characters and yeah, some of the actors were pretty cute. Then the actual conflict began.
One of my favorite characters on the show from the start was Kurt. Cute, quirky, awkward, and gay to boot. He reminded me a lot of a good friend of mine. And he had problems with acceptance and being picked on, which was a great addition to the storyline. That was what the main story was about in the beginning: the different members of the Glee club accepting one another, despite their differences.
The in came the sterotypes. Kurt transferred to a different school and joined their Glee club, where he met and fell for Blaine. I had nothing wrong with this couple at first. If anything, i was happy, as Kurt reminded me so much of my friend, and it gave me hope that he might find happiness as well. Then, as the show continued on, I realized the couple had NO issues whatsoever.
Their personalities clicked perfectly, they both loved music and shopping (stereotypically, only gay boys enjoy this). Near the end of season two came the part that REALLY pissed me off. The prom was rolling around for the Glee kids, and Kurt wanted to go with Blaine,who accepted.Again flawless realtionship. No problems so far.
At the prom occured the big knocker that shoved me completely away from the show. Kurt being crowned Prom Queen. What kind of school allows that?! Seeing as,by this point, Kurt had openly come out of the closet, everyone knew he was gay, the prom commitee must've know that this would humiliate aKurt.
Having been close friends with a gay person for nearly three years at this point, there was one thing I knew for sure. Gay men do not think of themselves as 'women trapped in men's bodies', but rather as a man who feels the need for romantic companionship of other men, and may or may not behave in a soemwhat feminine manner, and people should not think of them as anything less.
Anyway, that's basically my rant. I am pissed with Glee, and no longer understand why people like it so much.
Laters,
Perry~V
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