1) Pilot, Never been
kissed, Furt
2) Use 3 course
assumptions and previous texts to analyze these episodes
The first thing I think
these episodes relate to is media is/as education. Glee teaches us about high
school ‘rules’ and about teenagers. Popularity and fame were important to
members of the glee club, especially to Rachel. Hierarchy in high school and
among teenagers was also an important part of the show. Glee club was on the
bottom of the list, while the football players felt on the top.
This also goes
along with media and ideology. What is cool compared to what is not cool is
shown. Example: football was cooler than glee club. In the never been
kissed episode, Mr. Scheuster says that glee club is like an outsider at the
school. In the pilot, Sue Sylvester the
gym teacher also talks about glee being at the bottom of the hierarchy. The
glee episodes also taught us about gay versus straight guys. Kurt was gay and
was bullied for it. Lastly, glee also reinforced some stereotypes by
showing the football players for the most part not being interested in singing
or glee and by Kurt wanting to join the
girls side in glee club because he is gay.
I also think the pilot episode showed
how teenagers are viewed as an alien life form. When Mr. Schesuter wanted to
quit his job for a new job, he told the students that one day they will understand that adults need to make hard
choices. He assumes that right now, as teenagers, they wouldn’t understand yet.
The masculinity article also relates to
glee by showing Finn being teased by his fellow football players for being in
the glee club. Glee also showed the idea of “gay baiting” by having Kurt
bullied for being gay.
Lastly, the hip hop texts may even relate to Glee
because the glee club always sings current and ‘hip’ songs maybe to attract
people and be popular among the school.
3)For Class:
I'm just interested in seeing how other people applied the previous readings and assumptions to these episodes.
Great Post! I think that you made really great connections, What I found obvious was Raby's Discourses. Most obviously Becoming, because they all want to be something one day. But I also saw at-risk and social problem with Puck who has just come out of Juvie. Less obvious was in the Pilot we see Rachel posting videos everyday to Myspace, showing us that media matters, but no adults have found the mean and hurtful messages being left by the cheerleaders, showing that adults are Technology Immigrants.
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