My first thought upon finishing the episode went something like this:
"ASKFL;ASDJFJDASL; DFAS;D RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE"
So did my next twenty or so thoughts.
Once I finally regained some semblance of coherence, I was able to think about what I didn't like and why I didn't like it. You've summarised a lot of it here (four for you, etc etc <3), but the thing that keeps sticking with me and making me sad is that this episode was perfectly set up to be centered around the girls' narratives and it just wasn't.
When I say perfectly set up, I mean it. The theme was songs for girls by girls. Santana, Beiste, Quinn, and Rachel all had what could have been a significant role because they took action in different ways. There were so many other ways this episode could have gone. It would have been so much more interesting to have it be focused purely on the girls -- to see Rachel's dilemma in depth, and to watch her scheme about cheating (because you know Lea Michele would've made that shit hilarious); to see the rivalry between Beiste and Sue as it really is, because let's face it, they've been going head-to-head from the getgo about more than just some guy; to get a glimpse into Quinn's head and get the chance to feel some empathy for her, because right now she's either being painted as a villain or a psycho and all of our sympathy as viewers is being directed, deliberately, at Puck. And fuck it all, it would've been damned nice to see Santana's coming out story (even with Finn's asshole behaviour) from her own goddamned point of view, where she was the protagonist, insults and all, instead of giving that part over to Finn fucking Hudson.
I'm sorry, but that sounds like a damned good episode.
I think this is the most blatantly sexist Glee has ever been. That's four major, important, interesting storylines revolving around women, and in each one the major, 'sympathetic' role or focus was given over to the guy. Finn took over Santana's storyline, Puck took over Quinn's, and Cooter was set between Sue and Beiste as their only point of contention. The only point I'll concede is that yes, Kurt's storyline was somewhat interesting, and I wouldn't mind the focus being on him in that particular one (despite Rachel's major involvement) if it weren't for the fact that it was the fourth storyline in which the men behaved calmly and with integrity (supposedly) while the women acted out. Like, holy shit. That's pretty fucking sick.
It's just so unnecessary! Like I said above, each and every one of those storylines could have been approached from the female character's pov. Even just one, jesus. Even just one would've lessened the shittyness of this episode.
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Date: 2011-12-01 07:12 am (UTC)"ASKFL;ASDJFJDASL; DFAS;D RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE"
So did my next twenty or so thoughts.
Once I finally regained some semblance of coherence, I was able to think about what I didn't like and why I didn't like it. You've summarised a lot of it here (four for you, etc etc <3), but the thing that keeps sticking with me and making me sad is that this episode was perfectly set up to be centered around the girls' narratives and it just wasn't.
When I say perfectly set up, I mean it. The theme was songs for girls by girls. Santana, Beiste, Quinn, and Rachel all had what could have been a significant role because they took action in different ways. There were so many other ways this episode could have gone. It would have been so much more interesting to have it be focused purely on the girls -- to see Rachel's dilemma in depth, and to watch her scheme about cheating (because you know Lea Michele would've made that shit hilarious); to see the rivalry between Beiste and Sue as it really is, because let's face it, they've been going head-to-head from the getgo about more than just some guy; to get a glimpse into Quinn's head and get the chance to feel some empathy for her, because right now she's either being painted as a villain or a psycho and all of our sympathy as viewers is being directed, deliberately, at Puck. And fuck it all, it would've been damned nice to see Santana's coming out story (even with Finn's asshole behaviour) from her own goddamned point of view, where she was the protagonist, insults and all, instead of giving that part over to Finn fucking Hudson.
I'm sorry, but that sounds like a damned good episode.
I think this is the most blatantly sexist Glee has ever been. That's four major, important, interesting storylines revolving around women, and in each one the major, 'sympathetic' role or focus was given over to the guy. Finn took over Santana's storyline, Puck took over Quinn's, and Cooter was set between Sue and Beiste as their only point of contention. The only point I'll concede is that yes, Kurt's storyline was somewhat interesting, and I wouldn't mind the focus being on him in that particular one (despite Rachel's major involvement) if it weren't for the fact that it was the fourth storyline in which the men behaved calmly and with integrity (supposedly) while the women acted out. Like, holy shit. That's pretty fucking sick.
It's just so unnecessary! Like I said above, each and every one of those storylines could have been approached from the female character's pov. Even just one, jesus. Even just one would've lessened the shittyness of this episode.
/end of sexism rant. mostly.