Monday, May 10, 2010

First Glee post

For those of you that have never seen the show Glee, I will give you a brief synopsis of one of my favorite tv shows. Glee tells the story of a high school glee club. When the Glee Club first starts out they have very few members and next to no funding from the school. The principle tells the teacher in charge of the Glee Club (Will Schuster) that if the Glee Club doesn't make it to regionals (competition) that they will no longer be able to exist at the school. This is the ongoing challenge for the Glee Club in addition to avoiding harassment from the jock and bullies at the school, who make the members of Glee Club their Target.

When the Glee Club starts out it has very few members. One of the first members, was a girl named Rachel Berry. Rachel is your typical overachiever. She insists on being a diva and throws a fit if she is not given the lead vocal for each song. She is extremely uptight and is often described as being a hot dork. She is the victim of much criticism from her peers. Another original member of the Glee Club is a a boy named Kurt. Kurt is gay and is still struggling to feel comfortable in his skin and help his dad to be comfortable with his orientation. Another original Glee Club member is Mercedes, an extremely outspoken African American girl with an incredible voice. When the Glee Club first starts out it has very few members, but Mr. Schuster is forced to recruit more members because there is a requirement that the Glee Club has a minimum of something like 11 members. Mr. Schuster is able to recruit the quarterback of the football team and his girlfriend who is the head cheerleader. Along with them, several other football players and cheerleaders join the team. The cheerleaders are encouraged to join the team by their cheerleading coach (Sue Silvester) who sees the Glee Club as a threat and wants her Cheerios to spy on Mr. Schuster and the Glee Club.

The Glee Club's status improves slightly with the addition of the new members but it is still not seen as "cool" by the bulk of the school.

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