Posted on 03/11/2011 12:13:35 PM PST by Jo Nuvark
I fell prey to temptation. My ears were being tickled. But I have corrected my path! --- Last night, I watched Glee for the last time. (snip) Glee has devolved into a worldview-training course. And its worldview is without hope. --- The music of the show is what has drawn me, and I will miss it. But it is an understatement to say that the show is edgy. The characters include...
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I watched about two minutes of it once. It was abysmally stupid and I hit the remote. I understand they also sing, and I hate musicals.
I saw the first couple of episodes and felt that it was reasonably entertaining. But it VERY quickly turned into a quite different experience. I stopped watching. It encapsulated pretty much everything wrong with our culture.
We just banned Glee in our house after the last episode.
MY LETTER TO FOX
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ATTENTION: Gaude Lydia Paez, Vice President
Corporate Communications Fox Broadcasting Company
Dear Fox Broadcasting,
Show Choir has been part of our family history for a long time.
However “Glee’s” girly, immature, sexualized storyline offends
my values. I tried to watch an episode last year but it jumped
the shark in my book. Apparently your idea of family entertainment
and my idea are very different.
We have quite enough edgy, angsty, Junior High storylines on TV.
I thought you were going to be different and fresh and entertaining
without gratuitous sexual content and typical agendized conservative
bashing.
I’m over you. Nielson and other ratings organizations do not get to
claim me as a viewer. I hope others follow.
Come on... make me proud. Do something original and for once tell a
good story without gimmicks and pc garbage.
Ex Glee Fan
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FOX BROADCASTING CORPORATION CONTACT INFO:
10201 West Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035
Phone: 310-369-3553
Web: www.fox.com
Press Contact: Gaude Lydia Paez, VP Corporate Communications
Phone: 310-369-3276
Fax: 310-369-1283
E-Mail: gaude.paez@fox.com
*Glee has devolved into a worldview-training course*
You’ve described just about every show on TV. Just turn it off and cut the cord.
This show was banned in my household long ago. The rest of the household was in agreement after watching only one episode. We enjoyed the music, disliked the themes.
For a show to "jump the shark" didn't it have to be a good show previous to the shark jumping?
LOL!
Most shows these days stink, period.
The writers all try to be overly clever while slipping in liberal claptrap.
???
The pro-gay propaganda ratio to straight is far in excess of the reported number of gay people in the population.
You are being generous in your use of clever, IMHO
Watching the old Boston Legal and now the Hank's Law, it is almost like at some point in every episode, one actor starts giving a Power Point presentation on some factless liberal diatribe. They are not even subtle any more. (hence my questioning the word, clever)
I quit watching at the “Madonna” episode. I find her so distasteful that I will not buy a product she advertises and I change the radio whenever her songs come on. The minute they glorified her, I knew it’s wasn’t for me.
No idea what the show is about but I think your letter is well written.
I am surprised at the number of people that have stopped watching Glee.
I am shocked at the number of people that would watch it, in the first place.....
Good job, Jo. Thanks for sharing.
When a show or something is described as "edgy" or "a guilty pleasure" it is a euphemism for something that used to be called smut, porn or trash. Typical stuff that was X or R rated in the 70s that is now PG-13 or PG.
Glee is very popular and a big money maker for Fox. However, I don’t see the show being on 10 years like American Idol, CSI, NCIS etc. The reason I believe it won’t last that long is because these kids are going to be replaced once high school is over next year....the writer and others have said as much. Once they bring in another batch of kids the show MIGHT make it one last year. It is a four year (season) show and that is it.
A sad commentary of our once great American culture.
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