In high school many kids get bullied and feel like they don't belong. Glee is an on going show that portrays bullying and other controversial things that goes on in high school. When it first aired in September 9, 2009 it generally received favorable reviews from critics. It was based on the directors own experience as member of his high school's Glee club and what he wanted to see on TV instead of all the sci-fi, people with guns, and lawyers running around. He envisioned real topics not just corny high school moments and guys who are craving sex. This show tries to set an example of how people should treat each other on a day to day basis.
In Glee, they deal with relationship, sexuality and social issues. And since its about a glee club of course they sing. Its not just burst out with a song out of no where. They get assigned a theme every week and choose songs that somehow relate to what's going on in the characters' life. By relationships they sometimes have shows that are talking about break ups, make ups, and even getting pregnant. Sexuality themed shows are obviously some people being interested in the same sex and being bullied for it. Social issues on this show would be like family deaths, controversy between some students and teachers, and not being accepted.
It is relevant to the dominant ideology of accepting others for who/what they are and being free to do what makes you happy. One example of this would be,when in the show Kurt, a homosexual, got bullied all the time and was harassed by a football player that threatened to kill him because of his sexual orientation. Only to find out that the football player that was bullying him was also homosexual and kissed Kurt. Kurt ended up moving schools because he was so afraid of people. Not so much of being judged but being hurt by others' words. This just shows that people are so insecure about themselves that they choose to bully others because they're not happy with their own lives. And this is something that even when we were little growing up and still to this day get taught and try to teach others about.
3 comments:
I agree with what you are saying. People really dont know how much being harrassed on a daily basis about their sexuality really does hurt deep inside and can eventually lead to suicide or any other harm because of what people are saying to them or about them.
I really enjoyed reading this blog. Glee is absolutely a way to change the dominant idealogy of what people think about homosexuals and students in general. Glee expresses that people who are different race, religion, and sexual preference can all be apart of something that is bigger than one person and that it takes teamwork to accomplish something bigger than yourself!
Also it shows that you shouldn't threaten people about being gay or their race because one day, you might say, "I'm going to kill you." and you might not even mean it but then the person might take it literally and want to kill themselves because of what you said to them.Great job!
Your post was very interesting. I cannot say I like the show or watch it at all but the things that are shown in it are real life things that happen in schools. People should be excepted for who they are no matter what they look like or how they dress, etc. It is a shame on what goes on during school and the bulling, etc.
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