Thursday, May 13, 2010
Glee-ness
It's been years since I've watched anything on TV except Turner Classic Movies and PBS. Every show I read about or hear people talk about sounds like really bad shit. But I've just started watching "House" and "Glee" -- on Fox, to my horror. "Glee" is far more entertaining than I thought it would be. The show has what the movie Moulin Rouge had: it grabs you in the place where music and memory meet. Moulin Rouge worked for people or it didn't. It worked really well for me. I loved the pop musical references. In a way, I felt like I was listening to my own personal history. Glee evokes a similar feeling in me. Even the cheesiest song ("Total Eclipse of the Heart" anyone?) makes me smile. Anyway, I really like it.