Comments on: Fox’s ‘Glee’ Mocks Political Correctness

By: @mbabbitt

@mbabbitt — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:58:04 +0000

I used to like Glee. Now it just seems stupid, trite, trivial, and formulaic. Not fresh anymore. Also, the men are stupid and the women are evil. Wow, that's a new idea.

By: St. Nico

St. Nico — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:02:13 +0000

But oh so true.

By: AreaMan

AreaMan — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:23:20 +0000

There is a wide spectrum of what it means to be "conservative" here at Big Hollywood just like in the world outside the internet, a.k.a. MeatSpace.

When it comes to "moral values" many people here are of the Libertarian / libertine sort.

They subscribe to an amorphous "do whatever you want unless it hurts someone else" (or words to that effect) kind of morality that is not very well thought out and fairly shallow.

By: QA_NJ

QA_NJ — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:59:31 +0000

I find it sad that in the last episode of Glee, a major subplot was how Kristin Chenoweth's character was stealing spotlight time from the students who should have been getting it when it was also Kristin Chenoweth who was stealing spotlight time from the regulars of the show. As much as I enjoyed Chenoweth and her singing in Pushing Daisies, I would have much preferred that Glee spent an episode dealing with the major plot developments from the previous episode that were given a rush treatment than to go off on a major plot tangent with a guest star. Not a good move for a new show, in my opinion.

By: Jettboy

Jettboy — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:17:32 +0000

This post is yet another reason I think Big Hollywood doesn't live up to its implied mission. It is great when it comes to political commentary, but it really has no idea what "conservative moral values" are. Part of that might be that its writers have no idea how "art" and "conservatism" can go together. Maybe they can't.

By: MissEmilySmith

MissEmilySmith — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:36:57 +0000

I've been watching it, and I don't see any of the things the writer of this article mentions at all. I find it negative, constantly snarky, and mostly absent of any likable characters, especially the adults. I suspect I'll be losing interest soon no matter how hard the few that like it keep trying to spin it and sell it to me. If I do continue to watch it, I can assure you my reasons will have nothing to do with my political views.

By: HardHeadedWoman

HardHeadedWoman — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:30:38 +0000

Too true.

By: The Zoo Keeper

The Zoo Keeper — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:37:51 +0000

Nothing says "conservative values" like having the "christian" cheerleader insist on praying before having sex with her boyfriend under a portrait of Jesus. – No thanks.

By: ScottMcC

ScottMcC — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:54:26 +0000

Mr. Karnick, I know you have the best of intentions with this post, but it's completely and utterly wrong. There are no measurable politically conservative themes (let alone any jabs at political correctness) in "Glee." The writers do not intend to put them in the show, the producer will not put them in the show, the directors and actors will not allow them to be in the show. You're forcing your worldwiew into storylines, characters, and situations that are not politically conservative in the least… it's a defense mechanism I've seen lots of political conservatives use when they happen to enjoy left wing entertainers and their products.

I mean, did you watch "Air Force One" in the 90s and think: "Wow, Hollywood's totally sticking it to Bill Clinton by showing Harrison Ford as an upright, moral, and totally ass-kicking president with a loving family"?

Hollywood made "Air Force One" *FOR* Bill Clinton to show what an awesome president and father type guy he was, not some ridiculous politically conservative backlash against naive foreign policy and vapid domestic governance. A person would be desperate to see conservative values in that movie because Harrison Ford *WAS* Bill Clinton.

Look, when I was a teen I had a lot of people in my rural/conservative town berate me because I listened to heavy metal music, but I never ever would tell them "You should give Queensrÿche's 'Operation Mindcrime' another listen, it's actually a story of morality and redemption and 'Floods' by Pantera has a lot of Biblical themes." I just told them: "I hate the Devil but I sometimes enjoy his music. It's the lyrics that piss me off."

Just admit that "Glee" is completely gay and that you happen to like the show. No big deal…

By: ScottMcC

ScottMcC — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:05:22 +0000

True. Oldman was the only reason to watch "Lost in Space."