so then...2 parts Beatles Glee episodes.....lagu2 Beatles dah mmg banyak yg hits tapi Glee version tak dapat bring anything special...anyway we have the second part to see what's next?
1 interesting point yg ku rasa menarik ialah....
Rachel is working as waitress and the restaurant manager / owner named Gunther!!! Sooo Rachel Green and Gunther from sitcom Friends!!! Pernah dgr about spin-off plan for Rachel but....naah!!! too early to tell.
so mmg xde lgsg la kan watak finn utk early episode ni???aku ingat dia still ada laie dlm episode 1 psl xsilap aku gak yg dorg smpat shoot b4 cory mati...ke aku salah maklumat atau dorg reshoot blk??
tapi ep 2 ni best skit... finally fanny has been found!
kitty totally not the old kitty anymore... dia skang cheerleader kan? apa reaksi dia pas dapat tau position dia replaced by that bree?
Overall story....i felt total numb....nothing...no emotion towards everything....no thanks to the writing
Tina Cohen Cheng never a strong character to bring forward....and prom queen??!! to me it looks like ratu kampung je
Other characters...the writers simply have no idea what else to do with Glee
Let just hope tribute episode for Cory next week will be decent, it does not need to have any connection to any future episodes...let just hope for good songs selection...or if there is nothing new...just play the old ones coz songs from season 1 and 2 at least have much better meaning to the whole story
Not a Teachable Moment, but a Respectful One
‘Glee’ Addresses the Loss of Cory Monteith
By ALESSANDRA STANLEY
“Glee” isn’t just another comedy about the horrors of high school. Now in its fifth season, this cheeky Fox show has become a cabaret-meets-after-school-special that sneaks in as many life lessons as it does pop songs. In a recent episode, there was even a reminder about the importance of meningitis vaccines.
“Glee” commemorates Cory Monteith in ways both maudlin and funny.
After one of its stars, Cory Monteith, died this summer from a toxic mix of heroin and alcohol, it seemed almost inevitable that the show would somehow work in that loss as a cautionary tale for young viewers.
It doesn’t.
Thursday’s episode is the first to address the disappearance of Mr. Monteith’s character, Finn, a quarterback turned glee club singer when the series began. The new show opens three weeks after Finn’s funeral, and the entire school is grief-stricken. But there is no hint of how Finn’s life ended. There are no elliptical references to the dangers of substance abuse — not even an Amy Winehouse song.
That decision will undoubtedly disappoint antidrug advocates who may be hoping for a teachable moment, but it’s a bold and respectful one. Rather than milk the tragedy and pump up news media attention and ratings, the show’s writers went out of their way to step around the obvious.
Finn’s stepbrother, Kurt (Chris Colfer), as he prepares to attend a high school memorial, gives the answer while talking to himself: “Everyone wants to talk about how he died, too, but who cares? One moment in his whole life; I care more about how he lived.”
And those words are meaningful, not just for the character, but also for the people who worked with Mr. Monteith.
“Glee” is famous for addressing all kinds of issues related to tolerance; there is even a transgender character. But the show is not particularly known for diffidence or decorum, and neither is its creator, Ryan Murphy, whose credits include “Nip/Tuck” and “American Horror Story.” Last week’s episode also included a recent grad’s big break in show business: singing about yeast infections in an ad for an antifungal cream.
So, of course, on this commemorative episode, there is humor as well as sorrowful songs like “I’ll Stand by You” and “If I Die Young.”
Tina (Jenna Ushkowitz) is one of the few students who turns to the jittery guidance counselor, Emma (Jayma Mays), for help with her feelings.
“I just don’t know how much longer I can do this,” Tina says weepily. Emma gently asks her what she means, and Tina tells her she means wearing black.
“This look is so Tina two years ago,” she moans. “I spent so much time transitioning away from Goth, and look at me — it’s like I’m back in that look.”
Emma gives Tina a hug and self-help pamphlets titled “It’s Not All About You” and “Wait, Am I Callous?”
There are more sober messages about the different ways people handle loss. A mother’s grief is indescribable, but the writers find a way for Finn’s mom, Carole (Romy Rosemont), to express herself as she sits on the floor of her son’s room, contemplating the task of packing up his belongings. “You don’t get to stop waking up,” Carole says. “You have to keep on being a parent even though you don’t get to have a child anymore.”
This funny-maudlin tribute to Mr. Monteith won’t please everyone, but no one can accuse the show of crass exploitation.
As usual, Sue (Jane Lynch), the acid-tongued cheerleading coach who’s now the principal, says it best.
In one scene she snaps at the teachers to stop wallowing in their grief. They can best pay tribute to Finn, Sue says, “by not making a self-serving spectacle of our own sadness.”
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