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Rachel contemplates getting a nose job, but reconsiders when Mr. Schuester makes the club perform GaGa’s “Born this Way.” |
Rachel gets plastic surgery during summer break, misses the first month of school, comes back saying she had strep throat, and prays that everyone notices her new nose but that no one brings it up. |
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Santana, struggling with her sexuality, and Dave, struggling with his sexuality, become one another’s beards. |
Santana would be off bumping bunnies with some girl in yearbook, while Dave would remain hush hush about his homosexuality until college. |
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Quinn and Lauren vie for the title of Prom Queen. The odds are in Lauren’s favor, but when she digs up and dishes out an ugly secret from Quinn’s past, the tables are tipped in little miss perfect’s favor. |
We can agree that Quinn would be leading this race for the tiara, but not because Lauren pulled a bitch move. Rather, Lauren possesses what I’d like to call an “unconventional sense of beauty,” and teenagers can be about as shallow as they come. |
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The club stages an impromptu dance party in the mall to the tune of Duck Sauce’s electro-hit “Barbara Streisand.” |
The club attempts to throw a rave, but the party gets shut down by mall security. Somebody (my money’s on the toe tappin’ Mike Chang) gets busted for ecstasy. |
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Kurt returns with the help of some circular tracking shots. |
Kurt returns with the help of a restraining order against Dave. |
There you have it, my darling little Gleeks. That’s the reality check as I see it, taken from the best parts of Glee. Of course, what is truly the best part of Glee is how it gets everyone talking (and singing). So, let’s hear it! How would last night’s episode have played out if it was at your high school?
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I love this! I have a love hate relationship with Glee precisely because of its inconsistency, with both reality and the reality it creates itself. But, like I said, there’s still a little love in there. So, love.
Reality checks are always great. 🙂