Glee - Rocky Horror

I know,
anyone who cares about Glee has moved along to thinking abut the next episode, which spoilers and previews etc. seem to indicate will be very intriguing.

But I'm still back on Rocky Horror.  And trying to figure out why I seem to have so little to say about a good episode.  Its possible that I lost my sense of humor over the past week along with my ability to spell.  If it weren't for Safari spellcheck this would already be a hopeless disaster.

But let's see.  I wish I had stopped myself and not watched the Time Warp ahead of time.  I don't know why I thought that would be okay.  I am glad I resisted the idea to try to rewatch the original before the Glee version.  That would have been a stupid thing to do.  Then I would be whining about how different it was.  Well duh.

However, it seems as you cruise around the internet on a weekly basis there are people whining about how a Glee version of something is a pathetic attempt to replicate the original.  Clearly these people have utterly missed the point and I wish they would shut up or it would be possible to muzzle them to protect them from establishing their stupidity.

Anyway, any time its a theme they need a kick to get into it.  The kick is always going to be silly (dentist leads to gas induced Britney hallucinations), but this time the silliness of the kick got out of the way fast.  Yes it was absurd for Will to put on Rocky Horror because Emma likes it.  But after that the adult story picked back up and blended in really, really well.



The first Sue sees it bit was terrible.  I don't remember what was in it, which might be because I'm good at forgetting dumb pointless things.  The only reason I remember that there was a bad one at the beginning is because the last one, that didn't air was so perfect.  Watching it, you don't want to agree with Sue, and she has that obnoxious tone, but... everything she says is totally true.  That was a curve ball at the end that I wasn't expecting and loved.  (Also wonderful was her smugness over being right fading as she realized her potential Emmy was fading out in front of her eyes.)

Thank god Puck is back for the next episode.  I am so sick of not having his presence.  The dark, brooding obnoxiousness is a necessary counterweight to the cotton candy types.

As John Stamos was singing his song there were several thoughts going through my head.  One was why on earth would a dentist not just agree to join in the kid's musical but then fly in with such gusto? But more importantly I found myself thinking about John Stamos of the Full House years to now.  And why he was dreamy and cool then, and well, annoying now.  Because its not like he went from hot to ugly.  He's still attractive.  But I figured it out.  At least in what I've seen of him, he always has that cockiness.  As Jesse that was the key part of his personality, the over the top confidence, but blended with the cute moments of caring for the kids and family.  But he was young and stupid and making fun of himself.  Now, um, not so much.  But he still has exactly the same cockiness Jesse had.  Like he thinks every girl is going to fall for him just because.  Sort of fits Carl I guess, but, its just annoying on an older man.  So anyway, I wasn't listening too much. And was there a point to him busting through the wall? It surprised me, and I guess indicated that Carl is kinda stupid? But I doubt they really meant that.  Anyway.

Oh, he was totally right though.  Will was so far out of line taking advantage of the feelings he knows Emma has for him in such a blatant way.  I guess there's the all's fair in love and war adage, but Will's supposed to be a good guy.  And that wasn't even a bad boy thing to do.  It was more of a desperate, sneaky thing to do.

And then there's that song.  And Emma singing it.  Not good.  Either of them.  I loved the I could have danced all night in the wedding dress last season.  I wanted to hear her sing more. Not this.

Matthew Morrison's shirt being ripped open... awkward.

I do kind of hope they get Emma and Will on track in a good way soon.  Will was kind of a jackass in this episode, and I would like to get rid of Carl.  And I am glad to see them in real story, don't get me wrong

Sue was hilarious with the random rewrites and suddenly showing up when you had no idea she was there.

What sticks is the stuff that had to do with body image and watching and hearing the guys go through what is absolutely expected of girls.  Hearing Sam go through the foods allowed and not and how he feels guilty if he eats extra or misses a workout and he won't hang on to Quinn if he doesn't keep it up, it all sounds so absurd.  And yet, pretty much the same exact things out of a girl's mouth wouldn't sound absurd to us at all.  Sam is ripped.  Can't say I mind seeing him without a shirt.

Finn's attempts to come to grips with the fact that his body isn't that great were awesome.  The look on his face as he walked down the hall in his boxer shorts was priceless

Mercedes as Franknfurter was a great decision.  Costume looked awesome. Lyrics were relevant, and she got to show off her style of singing at her best.  I loved that number.

It seemed kind of random that Kurt refused to do it.  Did I miss something? I mean, he said no I'm not going to do that, but since he's worn heels and a unitard with sequins on it, its not like he wouldn't go there.  For me if they'd just had him say, 'That would be so cliche.' it would have been much better.

And then there's the Time Warp.  Cute, very believable as a high school show number.  And its such a fun song.  Only problem.  Umm, what up with the singing.  They have Chris sing the lines that are at the very bottom of his range and then Corey sing the Riff-Raff lines that are at the very top of his range? Its been a long time since I saw the movie, but it obviously doesn't make sense for Brad to be singing those lines.  I assume its Riff-Raff's lines.  So, umm, what's the deal? Did it sounds really strange when Chris sang the upper register lines? Because, the song kinda should sound strange.  What possible creative reason is there to make the choice to have Brad sing half of Riff-Raff's lines in a song where Brad wouldn't even know what the hell he was singing about.
It doesn't really matter, but it was distracting. Otherwise everyone was really good in that number.

Oh, and back to the beginning.  I was so freaked out by the red lips.  I just wanted them to go away.  On my screen they were so big, and then I was looking at symmetry, and looking at slanted teeth and I didn't want to be looking at any of that.  So I was relieved when they went away, and they came right back! And then blessedly left for good.