5 Little Known Reasons Why Glee is Cooler Than You Think

5. Melissa Benoist

Who the hell is Melissa Benoist, you are probably all thinking? Well, she is the very thing that might make Glee watchable again in the 4th Season for a lot people, particularly for the male audience (or girls who like girls). Even I, a gay man, have somewhat of a €œman crush€ (how does this work if you€™re gay?) on her already and she has only appeared in one episode so far, the latest episode, the first of season 4. She really is that charming€ really (She plays Marley in Season 4 of Glee by the way). Sure, her voice isn€™t as technically good as Rachel€™s, or a lot of the other cast members, but that€™s a good thing. As good as a lot of the cast are at singing (come on, admit it) sometimes their voices are so technically good, that they come off sounding annoying and a little bratty. Melissa€™s voice, whilst good enough to come off sounding great up against Rachel€™s in their duet, has a much more natural, relaxed tone to it that will probably translate well (probably even better) than Rachel€™s does on the radio or iTunes for example. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooTzpVGPhr0 Plus€ here is the little known fact about one of the latest cast members€ she once appeared completely topless€ in fact, almost completely naked in an episode of HOMELAND. Yes, HOMELAND, the best new show of last year (The other best new show of last year was American Horror Story€ and guess what, Glee and AMH were created by exactly the same people). Jacob Artist, the new kid who plays Pucks younger brother, also has a stellar voice if I€™ve convinced you to at least give Glee another try. Come on, it€™s only 40 minutes long and the sickening sweetness of it all can easily be washed down by watching an episode of pretty much any other drama on TV. But don€™t you find hour long TV episodes currently so very very dramatic and intense (still great though) that a little bit of Glee is maybe even good for your TV diet. Maybe it will even make you appreciate good tv drama€™s more. Come on people, seriously€ tell me why myself (and Joss Whedon) and all the millions of people that still watch Glee but pretend that they don€™t are wrong? Please€
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