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sigmastolen) wrote2009-09-14 02:33 pm
sigmastolen) wrote2009-09-14 02:33 pm
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Letters to the TV
Dear The CW,
What is up with re-launching TV shows from when I was a child in the early 90s -- 90210, Melrose Place? Are there no more good ideas anywhere in the world? Also, what was with the name change a few years back? Your programming was much higher-quality when you still went by The WB.
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Dear Fox,
Glee. Why? Whywhywhy? None of the characters are actual human beings. They all, every single one, embody frightening stereotypes -- overblown shells of people. Plus, as my roommate puts it, "Now everyone will think show choir is full of crazies!" (Not that I'm entirely sure it isn't full of crazies, but still.) The only one with any redeeming qualities is Jayma Mays as the germophobic counsellor, and I think I might like her solely because I loved her character Charlie in Heroes. (Oh btw, what is it with all the actors who were in Heroes that are in this cast?) And why all the cheating? Is there some secret campaign against fidelity and honesty going on behind the scenes? I am terrified of this show and terrified of its apparently positive reception.
P.S. USE LESS AUTO-TUNE. IT PAINS ME.
P.P.S. Wherever did you find Lea Michele? She looks freakishly like Idina Menzel -- so much so that my friend and I spent the entire first episode thinking she was Idina Menzel acting the part of a high-schooler superhumanly believably.
What is up with re-launching TV shows from when I was a child in the early 90s -- 90210, Melrose Place? Are there no more good ideas anywhere in the world? Also, what was with the name change a few years back? Your programming was much higher-quality when you still went by The WB.
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Dear Fox,
Glee. Why? Whywhywhy? None of the characters are actual human beings. They all, every single one, embody frightening stereotypes -- overblown shells of people. Plus, as my roommate puts it, "Now everyone will think show choir is full of crazies!" (Not that I'm entirely sure it isn't full of crazies, but still.) The only one with any redeeming qualities is Jayma Mays as the germophobic counsellor, and I think I might like her solely because I loved her character Charlie in Heroes. (Oh btw, what is it with all the actors who were in Heroes that are in this cast?) And why all the cheating? Is there some secret campaign against fidelity and honesty going on behind the scenes? I am terrified of this show and terrified of its apparently positive reception.
P.S. USE LESS AUTO-TUNE. IT PAINS ME.
P.P.S. Wherever did you find Lea Michele? She looks freakishly like Idina Menzel -- so much so that my friend and I spent the entire first episode thinking she was Idina Menzel acting the part of a high-schooler superhumanly believably.
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And Glee feels particularly egregious in the bad characterisation department. They are so exaggerated as to be completely unrealistic and unrelateable, and that is why it upsets me that Glee is billing itself as the season's new hit.