Mildly crap

[rozk]

I had to miss the Amanda Palmer gig yesterday because of a migraine, which was annoying, and I nearly had to miss the one tonight because the electricity in the flat blew. In the event, a nice man from Hackney council came round and everything works and now I shall be going, and be completely dead in the morning, but it's worth it.

Meanwhile, I saw Adventureland which is a boy coming of age story set in the 80s, and the hero is a bit of a dick, and decides not to be, and gets rewarded for that decision. Whereas the point would be not to be a dick in the first place, which is me being picky.

Ironically, because I am finding the pickingess of others around Glee a bit problematic, because the show is not doing anything that failing yet. I mean, we are only two episodes in, and it is still establishing the central characters, and yet the hefty African American woman has been established as possibly the best singer of the lot, and the disabled guy not only got a solo, but got a solo which portrayed him as a sexual being.

I'm quite prepared to be annoyed with the show when it doeslet me down, as no doubt it will, but I'd like to reserve judgement for the moment. Perhaps it is my advanced years, but I find myself more tolerant of Terri than a lot of my fl; she comes from a toxic family and she has trapped herself in a lot of stupid stuff. I want to know how she and Will ended up together, and my guess is that the whole story will prove a lot more complicated than her being a witch and him being an idiot.

In the meantime, I can quite see why the premier femslash pairing for the show is Quinn/Rachel, but I'd be interested to read Sue/Terri - because Sue does believe in keeping her friends close and her enemies closer...

Comments

[andrewducker]

Whereas the point would be not to be a dick in the first place, which is me being picky.

Not much character development there :->

Seriously - many people start out being idiots who do stupid things, and praising them for learning to be decent human beings seems like a positive thing.

[tsubaki-ny.livejournal.com]

The hefty African-American woman is ALWAYS the best singer in the lot on American television. (When they make her an introvert, I'll be impressed. :-D)

[tsubaki-ny.livejournal.com]

(I do want to see it, though. I missed the first episode! :-( )

[jennyo.livejournal.com]

I think people expect that it will be canceled (though the ratings do not bear that out - it is not as high as Bones, but 7.3 million beats the NBC Thursday comedies, and I'm pretty sure it beats Chuck, too) and are talking themselves into ways to not like the show as much.

[girfan.livejournal.com]

Have fun at the gig. Tell Neil I said hello. :)

[akadougal.livejournal.com]

I see what you're saying about Glee. I'm enjoying it lots and whilst I see why some people have problems, I apparently am also willing to give it a bit of a try. I felt somewhat sorry for Terri, because I don't really find Will entirely in the right, and I agreed totally about her toxic family, and perhaps the idea that she sees her husband slipping away from her despite her doing everything a "good wife" is supposed to. I was glad that Emma was able to accept the date with the coach too.

And I like the singing.

[spacetart.livejournal.com]

Terri is crazy!Gina from Nip/Tuck, how can people not love her? Ok, maybe I;m biased.

[teutonicboytoy.livejournal.com]

I also watched Adventureland yesterday, weirdly enough. I didn't find the hero dickish at all.

[cynthia1960.livejournal.com]

I would not wish Terri on Sue. I actually enjoy Sue in a Cruella DeVil sort of way.