I agree with everything you said. The show is sort of... bipolar isn't the right word... It's trying to do two things at the same time, two things which cannot be done at the same time, so it's failing at both.
On one hand, it wants us not to think. The slushie-throwing, Sue marrying herself, things like that. They might be silly-funny things if nothing in the show were to be taken seriously. (Though I don't like the idea of bullying being a joking matter in any situation.)
On the other hand, it wants to deal with Very Serious Subjects. Kurt. Bullying. Burt's heart attack/religion.
Adding into that, the fanbase are two almost opposite groups... You have folks like us (who the show was originally targeted at), then you have high school aged kids (the music changed in S2 to include them).
I don't know how they will resolve this, or if they will even try (or if they're aware it's an issue at all). It might be easiest for them to just change to targeting the young people.
If nothing else, I hope Glee will inspire more musical shows. I haven't forgotten Cop Rock! One day we will have more shows like that!
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On one hand, it wants us not to think. The slushie-throwing, Sue marrying herself, things like that. They might be silly-funny things if nothing in the show were to be taken seriously. (Though I don't like the idea of bullying being a joking matter in any situation.)
On the other hand, it wants to deal with Very Serious Subjects. Kurt. Bullying. Burt's heart attack/religion.
Adding into that, the fanbase are two almost opposite groups... You have folks like us (who the show was originally targeted at), then you have high school aged kids (the music changed in S2 to include them).
I don't know how they will resolve this, or if they will even try (or if they're aware it's an issue at all). It might be easiest for them to just change to targeting the young people.
If nothing else, I hope Glee will inspire more musical shows. I haven't forgotten Cop Rock! One day we will have more shows like that!