Glee premiere

[emilie_rainbow]

So, the thing I've noticed about Glee is that they really like to bring up interesting ideas that are really progressive and not often talked about and in need of media attention...and then just drop them and forget it ever happened. IE Mercedes and Sam in last night's premiere. Them dating would have been really interesting! We know next to nothing about Mercedes aside from that she is sassy and black (wow stereotypes), and her interacting with Sam (who was a more fleshed out character) would have brought her some depth. But no. Now she's dating some random black dude with whom she is going to have "cocoa babies" or whatever they were babbling about. They've done this before, too. Not with an interracial couple, but just with generally interesting story lines. Anyone remember when Sam had crazy body image issues for like five minutes in Rocky Horror? Or Mercedes' eating disorder when she was a Cheerio? And those are just the ones I can remember off the top of my head. They do this A LOT. And the thing that I kind of hate is that they can totally get away with it because "lol it's high school" and that's TRUE. It's totally reasonable for Sam and Mercedes to date for five minutes over the summer, that is SO high school, ESPECIALLY with the issues they might have run into being interracial and with him moving. Same thing with Puck and Lauren breaking up. They can get away with dropping anything because high school kids pick up and drop identities, relationships, and problems constantly. Something that seemed like a crazy huge big thing in a high school kid's life one week will be entirely forgotten the next. That's how high school rolls. And I think Glee hides behind that instead of exploring issues that some high school kids genuinely face, and WON'T forget in a week. Unless you're gay, then they want to explore all your issues all day long. BUT NOT BISEXUAL BOYS LOL THEY DON'T EVEN EXIST, but bi girls are fine, obvs.

Oh, Glee. How I love and hate you all at once. But OMG Quinn's new look is amazing. Her new deep rebel voice makes me lol, though. And I am so sad Lauren is gone. Sam's disappearance is sad, too, but meh there's already a couple of white dudes in the cast, if they're not going to explore his body image issues or his family issues I don't care that much anyway. I'm so happy it's back!

Comments

[pure-terrorist.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I hate that idea that bi girls are great, but bi dudes are confusing at best and freaks at their worst. Whatever, I had that people try to pigeonhole sexuality, even within the queer community, whereas in reality most people aren't 100% anything.

[emilie-rainbow.livejournal.com]

The way Glee handled male bisexuality bugged the SHIT out of me. I don't know if you warch Glee, but here is the EXACT quote from one of the gay characters to another gay character who had kissed a girl and was confused about how much he liked it: "Bisexual is a term that gay guys in high school use when they wanna hold hands with girls and feel like a normal person for a change." RAAAAAEEEEGGGG. The confused character says something thoughtful and great in return (I can't find the quote), but then at the end he kisses the girl again and is like, "yep, 100% gay." Female bisexuality on the other hand is treated fairly thoughtfully, and not just is a "that's hot" kind of way, which is nice. But the there are no bi boys thing...UGH.

[pure-terrorist.livejournal.com]

Augh that's frustrating. I've seen a bit of glee, I just don't have time for TV anymore, but I'd be pretty ticked off too if I were a fan. Particularly since they handled female bisexuality fairly.