Glee's central message is about how music can express one's innermost feelings and thoughts when words cannot articulate it. It also sought to convey the message for the value of the arts, that if children and young people seek to invest more in the arts (music, films, theater, poetry, literature, satirism, etc) then their general emotional intelligence would be enhanced more than being forcibly learning the sciences that whereas are important, but aren't for everybody. But too bad, Glee turned it into a teen drama flick, though some story arc are very effective and less superficial, such as Rachel's quest towards Broadway, to which the show pays good tribute to Barbra Streisand's Funny Girl (which is my childhood musical).
But my main tick with the show is the writing of the dialogue, it is as if every character has the same way of talking, I lost count of the time somebody in the show says "this person taught me how to be a man better than anybody I known". It was cool at first, but it started getting cringey. Speaking of cringe, the worst character of the show is Mr. Schue - an emotionally immature man, who, as Sue Sylvester puts it, an adult man whose friend circles are underage teenagers. Seriously, I can rant on all day about this bag of meat. I cannot see how and why he is inspirational to the students, but whatever. He's such a creepy who laughs when his students twerk in front of him, and values twerking more than his student's right to go to the bathroom. This dude is so emotionally immature, he stole Finn's jacket and stood by as his students quarreled and conflicted over who stole it. Speaking of his relationship with Finn, I mean Sue was so right in saying he has no adult friends because the way he asked Finn to be his best man and said "you taught me how to be a man more than anybody I ever known" (Yep, there's that line again), and wow...imagine saying that to a teenager. Oh not to mention, marveling at Finn in the shower and couldn't think of any better way than to blackmailing him by framing him with weed.
The show and its characters have this very unhealthy tendency of emotional attachment. When some of the seniors have graduated in season 3, some characters still going back to their high school and hanging out there like it's nobody's business instead of heading to college and move on. Also, after season 3, these alumnis still go back to their precious Glee club probably everyday as if they have never left. But I can probably empathize with the show's writers because they had to come up with a material for season 4 but it is hard doing so without including the past characters in the Glee club, it is very hard keeping this together and I can understand their attempts at doing so. But on a personal note, after season 3, I could not care less for the new characters, I guess we are too emotionally attached to the former characters. But I mean, whatever. The only storyline I was interested in after season 3 was Rachel and Kurt's lives in New York and pursuing their dreams.
The only reason why I am giving this a 7/10 instead of a 6/10 is because of Kurt.
But my main tick with the show is the writing of the dialogue, it is as if every character has the same way of talking, I lost count of the time somebody in the show says "this person taught me how to be a man better than anybody I known". It was cool at first, but it started getting cringey. Speaking of cringe, the worst character of the show is Mr. Schue - an emotionally immature man, who, as Sue Sylvester puts it, an adult man whose friend circles are underage teenagers. Seriously, I can rant on all day about this bag of meat. I cannot see how and why he is inspirational to the students, but whatever. He's such a creepy who laughs when his students twerk in front of him, and values twerking more than his student's right to go to the bathroom. This dude is so emotionally immature, he stole Finn's jacket and stood by as his students quarreled and conflicted over who stole it. Speaking of his relationship with Finn, I mean Sue was so right in saying he has no adult friends because the way he asked Finn to be his best man and said "you taught me how to be a man more than anybody I ever known" (Yep, there's that line again), and wow...imagine saying that to a teenager. Oh not to mention, marveling at Finn in the shower and couldn't think of any better way than to blackmailing him by framing him with weed.
The show and its characters have this very unhealthy tendency of emotional attachment. When some of the seniors have graduated in season 3, some characters still going back to their high school and hanging out there like it's nobody's business instead of heading to college and move on. Also, after season 3, these alumnis still go back to their precious Glee club probably everyday as if they have never left. But I can probably empathize with the show's writers because they had to come up with a material for season 4 but it is hard doing so without including the past characters in the Glee club, it is very hard keeping this together and I can understand their attempts at doing so. But on a personal note, after season 3, I could not care less for the new characters, I guess we are too emotionally attached to the former characters. But I mean, whatever. The only storyline I was interested in after season 3 was Rachel and Kurt's lives in New York and pursuing their dreams.
The only reason why I am giving this a 7/10 instead of a 6/10 is because of Kurt.