Comments on: New Shows, 1: Melrose Place, Vampire Diaries, & Glee http://www.extratextual.tv/2009/09/new-shows-1-melrose-place-vampire-diaries-glee/ Up The Content Stream Without A Paddle Sun, 25 Sep 2011 11:55:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Jonathan Gray http://www.extratextual.tv/2009/09/new-shows-1-melrose-place-vampire-diaries-glee/comment-page-1/#comment-1326 Jonathan Gray Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:32:41 +0000 http://www.extratextual.tv/?p=443#comment-1326 you mean "GG interesting," "90210 unbearable," <em>or</em> MP must-pluck-my-eyes-from-my-head-horrific ;-) I hope you're right that the snark wins the day with <em>Glee</em>: snark beats singing any day in my book you mean “GG interesting,” “90210 unbearable,” or MP must-pluck-my-eyes-from-my-head-horrific ;-)

I hope you’re right that the snark wins the day with Glee: snark beats singing any day in my book

]]> By: Annie Petersen http://www.extratextual.tv/2009/09/new-shows-1-melrose-place-vampire-diaries-glee/comment-page-1/#comment-1325 Annie Petersen Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:46:02 +0000 http://www.extratextual.tv/?p=443#comment-1325 I feel very similarly about the *Vampire Diaries* episode -- bad, bad acting on the part of most, but an interesting milieu...let's just see if it turns into Gossip Girl interesting or 90210 unbearable. I also find the actors all just this side of good looking -- they're trying for derivative Gossip Girl meets Twilight looks (well, okay, no Chuck Bass) but there's something off about all of them, and the recent female victim in particular. (Going for the square jawed look?) As for Glee, I wholeheartedly agree on the musical numbers -- all but the power ballad at the end made me wince. But the acting -- including Lynch -- is above and beyond both *Vampire Diaries* and especially *Melrose Place,* which might stem from the fact that most of these actors have been Broadway fixtures for years. [Side note: Very interesting interview with the show runner on Fresh Air this week.] I think the snark will win over: it' the anti-high school musical (most of its fans probably haven't seen Election, alas) but the humor is appealing and doesn't, at least from talking with my students, seem to alienate. I feel very similarly about the *Vampire Diaries* episode — bad, bad acting on the part of most, but an interesting milieu…let’s just see if it turns into Gossip Girl interesting or 90210 unbearable. I also find the actors all just this side of good looking — they’re trying for derivative Gossip Girl meets Twilight looks (well, okay, no Chuck Bass) but there’s something off about all of them, and the recent female victim in particular. (Going for the square jawed look?)

As for Glee, I wholeheartedly agree on the musical numbers — all but the power ballad at the end made me wince. But the acting — including Lynch — is above and beyond both *Vampire Diaries* and especially *Melrose Place,* which might stem from the fact that most of these actors have been Broadway fixtures for years. [Side note: Very interesting interview with the show runner on Fresh Air this week.] I think the snark will win over: it’ the anti-high school musical (most of its fans probably haven’t seen Election, alas) but the humor is appealing and doesn’t, at least from talking with my students, seem to alienate.

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