3. Forcing Shock Value, And Creating Offensive And Stereotypical Characters
Glees always been offensive, but part of it is because the show mainly has gone for shock value. However theres only so much that you can thread that line before a show just becomes bluntly offensive to most of the people that watch it and you lose your point. And a slowly stepping Glee has finally approached and passed the boundary this season, ruining whatever relevance they had and instead decided to produce offensive characters and have offensive things that would make even a nun slap you. Lets start with possibly the biggest offensive thing on Glee, the treatment of females. Although its consistently complained about, Glee has really reached a line this season prompting even arguments from cast members. Either turning them into straight dare I say it, female dogs, or giving them crappy treatments all-together. Look at the likes of Tina, Marley, and Kitty, all of whom seem drenched in the ways of Glee. They either are clueless, rude, and basically the opposite of anything positive. Not even the graduates could really escape. Rachel has been portrayed as helpless or a loose cannon this season. Santana has had no real development and both of Quinns anticipated return represented major regression, having her date her professor, slap, and then sleep with Santana randomly after drinking. Glee has basically started setting back feminism about 20 years, where it seems none of them can properly think or be themselves without a man by their side and honestly, the question consistently comes up if youd even want them to at this point seeing as how the little time they are on their own, theyre offensive and acting out of character. Or just creepy, (heres looking at you and your vapor rub Tina) Furthermore we started to shift gears to the stereotypes that Glee has presented, most notably, Wade Adam and Coach Roz. Every single thing that seems to come from them is offensive and instead of provoking laughs, have provoked outcry. Especially with the most recent follow up episode after Glees much controversial Shooting Star episode which saw Sue leave the Cheerios and Coach Roz return. Everything that was uttered from her mouth was offensive to the point where even I was insulted, (especially in the wake of such sensitive issues in real life that Glee knew about before the episode was ever written.) Furthermore, Wade, represents a stereotypical transgendered kid with no real depth. He dresses how he wants to, acts flamboyantly proud and complains when he doesnt get his way or when he faces any real challenge, which shockingly to him it seems like, happens in life. Wade also represents someone who is sadly misused and could educate a lot of people, however instead comes off to be someone unlikable and someone who, as much as you want to, either wind up cringing every time he comes on-screen or hating him. Glee has also had most or all of the males regress and making light of serious situations. Ryder revealing he was molested was laughed at. Finn beating Brody and then treating it like a light soap rather than a serious issue. Puck having sex with an underaged girl and basically bragging about it. And the entire handling on the boys side of Jake and Ryders love triangle trying to deal with Marleys bulimia mess was just horrid in all definitions of the word. And thats only the tip of the iceberg. Who can forget Kurt, the gay guy who the show has tried again and again to make accessible, only to have him come off as woefully sad and annoying and selfish. Not to mention Kurt stands for the epitome now that everyone seems to think about homosexual guys. Even that dulls in comparison to the treatment of minorities. Every episode seems to have a misplaced Asian joke, something about racism or something that is seriously introduced and yet never followed up on.