glee actually

[infiniteandsmall]

So how was Glee Actually? DARN YOU TECH WEEK. *shakes fist*
Was Artie's storyline horribly offensive because when reading about it, it felt a little...ehhh. HOW MANY KLAINE TEARS WERE SHED? And also Burt and cancer whaat?

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[out_there]

(Show-runners, we know you know about us. There's no need to turn your show into a vehicle for mean digs at fandom.)

Yeah. There's a huge difference between laughing-with-us and laughing-at-us, and we have long memories. I mean, maybe it's to do with the show-runners background (it shows if you were a fanboy and we respect that) but it's still a hard line to tread well. I'm undecided about SPN and their nod to fandom -- somewhat accurate, still somewhat mean, definitely something that made me cringe more than laugh -- but I know some fans thought it was hilarious. So... *shrugs* Mileage may vary, I guess.

While not everyone tracks small details with the fervor of fandom, the average viewer is still quite capable of connecting the dots without being led, hand-by-hand, from dot to dot!

For that, Glee would have to give it's audience a little credit (instead of assuming most of them are 14 y.o. and need the details spelled out) and would need understand subtlety and consistency. Glee generally doesn't do subtle. It does surreal and over-the-top and random-characterisation (Oh, Blaine's now a huge D&D and comics fan because it would strengthen a friendship with Sam... but we've had no mention of it before, no hint in the set dressing of his bedroom, in fact, no canonical clue until a fast montage establishes it as canon? Okay, sure.). to follow the dots, they usually need to be planted in a line... or at least an obvious curve.

And yet I love the show. For all it's flaws. (Hey, I loved Prison Break. At least Glee kind of resembles the real world and acknowledges that it's surreal. PB was disconnected from reality but played as Very Srs Drama.)