Tuning in with Turner: Confessions of a Gleek...
Anne Marie Turner
Issue date: 11/17/09 Section: Opinion
The culmination of this comes when the entire club performed Credence Clearwater Revival/Tina Turner's "Proud Mary" which sounded amazing while rolling around stage in a choreographed wheelchair number.Â
Though the episode centered on Artie's handicap, the main subplot brought in three of my favorite things: Kurt, Wicked, and a "diva-off."Â See, when this is all said together it seems ridiculous, but so does the idea of Hawaiian pizza.
Yet somehow pineapples taste delicious on pizza! Anyway the story is of Kurt, a flamboyant, yet still in the stages of coming out, gay teenager, competing with Rachel, "I'm too talented for my own good," for the lead in the amazing anthem, Defying Gravity.
This is a lot to take in, but this was a jam-packed episode. Kurt doesn't want to get passed over for lead just because it is a female's solo.
His garage-owning Alpha male single dad doesn't always understand his son, but if singing is what he wants to do, then no one is going to stop him.
His father fights for him.
As Kurt ecstatically comes home after finally hits the high F key that he strives for, his father informs him that he received an anonymous phone call saying "Your son's a fag."Â
Though his dad lovingly defends his son and says, "No one pushes the Hummel's around, especially cowards on the phone." Kurt throws the competition and fails to hit the note.
He does it for the sake of his father. He never wants to see his dad look at him through crushed eyes again, because he loves him too much. When you see his father start to tear up he holds it in and asks Kurt if he wants to help him fix up a car. Kurt responds with, ''Let me change into my coveralls.
This sweater's an Alexander McQueen.''Â Again the "ha-has" followed by a very satisfying "aww"!
Glee doesn't back down when faced with issues that might push some buttons, but rather embraces them.
Heart, soul, and laughter exemplify everything that Glee stands for.
Glee is fittingly titled because even when it hits a serious note, the viewer is overcome with happiness when the credits roll.
After watching you don't know whether or not you should break out into song or not.
But you certainly find yourself humming from the heart as you turn off the television.
Though the episode centered on Artie's handicap, the main subplot brought in three of my favorite things: Kurt, Wicked, and a "diva-off."Â See, when this is all said together it seems ridiculous, but so does the idea of Hawaiian pizza.
Yet somehow pineapples taste delicious on pizza! Anyway the story is of Kurt, a flamboyant, yet still in the stages of coming out, gay teenager, competing with Rachel, "I'm too talented for my own good," for the lead in the amazing anthem, Defying Gravity.
This is a lot to take in, but this was a jam-packed episode. Kurt doesn't want to get passed over for lead just because it is a female's solo.
His garage-owning Alpha male single dad doesn't always understand his son, but if singing is what he wants to do, then no one is going to stop him.
His father fights for him.
As Kurt ecstatically comes home after finally hits the high F key that he strives for, his father informs him that he received an anonymous phone call saying "Your son's a fag."Â
Though his dad lovingly defends his son and says, "No one pushes the Hummel's around, especially cowards on the phone." Kurt throws the competition and fails to hit the note.
He does it for the sake of his father. He never wants to see his dad look at him through crushed eyes again, because he loves him too much. When you see his father start to tear up he holds it in and asks Kurt if he wants to help him fix up a car. Kurt responds with, ''Let me change into my coveralls.
This sweater's an Alexander McQueen.''Â Again the "ha-has" followed by a very satisfying "aww"!
Glee doesn't back down when faced with issues that might push some buttons, but rather embraces them.
Heart, soul, and laughter exemplify everything that Glee stands for.
Glee is fittingly titled because even when it hits a serious note, the viewer is overcome with happiness when the credits roll.
After watching you don't know whether or not you should break out into song or not.
But you certainly find yourself humming from the heart as you turn off the television.
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