Glee 2.05 Rocky Horror
Oct. 27th, 2010 06:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mollyporterDear Ryan Murphy,
PLEASE. I am begging you on bended knee: Stop writing plotlines surrounding Will Schuester's gross obsession with Emma and inability to function romantically! Because it's not endearing, watching him ruthlessly pursue a woman who has already clearly rejected him. It doesn't make me cheer for Will and Emma as a couple to watch her get him shirtless, then abruptly become horrified with herself and run back to the boyfriend who has been good for her. It makes me feel icky, and it makes me want to turn off the show.
And R.Murph, that's a shame. Because you have all the ingredients for something really wonderful in this show - you have a bunch of charismatic young people who really understand and embody the characters they are playing, and each of them deserve the opportunity to shine in plotlines that actually show their character development.
Mercedes stepping up to play Frank-N-Furter was INSPIRED. She completely rocked that solo, and I would have loved to have seen more from her this episode.
Brittany and Santana just had a big fight, and we didn't see how they worked it out. You had them singing and dancing together during Touch-A Touch Me, but couldn't you have given them a scene together?
Mike Chang, who has been my favorite character since before you even gave him lines, is finally getting a little more room to shine, but why don't you give us a story line that actually shows some of the family problems he's been hinting at in his fight with Tina and his parents not wanting him to do the show?
Just - just stop with Will. He's awful. He didn't start out that way, in fact I kind of liked him for a lot of the first season, but episodes that focus on him are always awful and icky and leave me wanting a shower. His romantic life is pitiful and gross, and the reason those story lines creep me out as much as they do is because the show writes those stories in a way that's asking me to feel sorry for him, or cheer for him, or be on his side. And I can't be on his side, Ryan Murphy. I can't be on Will Schuester's side because I think that he has terrible attitudes toward women, and that he's bad for Emma. Despite his frequent moments of remorse over his behavior, Will Schuester has shown himself to be incapable of genuine self-reflection and has a disturbing tendency to act incredibly selfishly without regard to how it will affect the people around him, including the students he is responsible for.
And the thing is, Ryan Murphy, that you don't actually have to figure out how to *fix* Will as a character. In fact, I don't want you to (or, to be quite honest, think you can). Just stop focusing the plot on his storylines and give the other incredibly talented actors in your cast some space to shine.
I am a fan of the show. I love that it tries so hard, and takes on issues that other shows don't. When it's good, it is so good - but it has problems. And the problem that poses the biggest danger of making me turn the show off for good? Is Will Schuester.
All that said, there were a lot of elements of the Rocky Horror episode that I liked. At this point, though, an actual show recap is a whole other post.
PLEASE. I am begging you on bended knee: Stop writing plotlines surrounding Will Schuester's gross obsession with Emma and inability to function romantically! Because it's not endearing, watching him ruthlessly pursue a woman who has already clearly rejected him. It doesn't make me cheer for Will and Emma as a couple to watch her get him shirtless, then abruptly become horrified with herself and run back to the boyfriend who has been good for her. It makes me feel icky, and it makes me want to turn off the show.
And R.Murph, that's a shame. Because you have all the ingredients for something really wonderful in this show - you have a bunch of charismatic young people who really understand and embody the characters they are playing, and each of them deserve the opportunity to shine in plotlines that actually show their character development.
Mercedes stepping up to play Frank-N-Furter was INSPIRED. She completely rocked that solo, and I would have loved to have seen more from her this episode.
Brittany and Santana just had a big fight, and we didn't see how they worked it out. You had them singing and dancing together during Touch-A Touch Me, but couldn't you have given them a scene together?
Mike Chang, who has been my favorite character since before you even gave him lines, is finally getting a little more room to shine, but why don't you give us a story line that actually shows some of the family problems he's been hinting at in his fight with Tina and his parents not wanting him to do the show?
Just - just stop with Will. He's awful. He didn't start out that way, in fact I kind of liked him for a lot of the first season, but episodes that focus on him are always awful and icky and leave me wanting a shower. His romantic life is pitiful and gross, and the reason those story lines creep me out as much as they do is because the show writes those stories in a way that's asking me to feel sorry for him, or cheer for him, or be on his side. And I can't be on his side, Ryan Murphy. I can't be on Will Schuester's side because I think that he has terrible attitudes toward women, and that he's bad for Emma. Despite his frequent moments of remorse over his behavior, Will Schuester has shown himself to be incapable of genuine self-reflection and has a disturbing tendency to act incredibly selfishly without regard to how it will affect the people around him, including the students he is responsible for.
And the thing is, Ryan Murphy, that you don't actually have to figure out how to *fix* Will as a character. In fact, I don't want you to (or, to be quite honest, think you can). Just stop focusing the plot on his storylines and give the other incredibly talented actors in your cast some space to shine.
I am a fan of the show. I love that it tries so hard, and takes on issues that other shows don't. When it's good, it is so good - but it has problems. And the problem that poses the biggest danger of making me turn the show off for good? Is Will Schuester.
All that said, there were a lot of elements of the Rocky Horror episode that I liked. At this point, though, an actual show recap is a whole other post.
