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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Glee (9/28/10):It's Britney Bitch!
Well last night was the much hyped Britney Spears themed episode of Glee. This is the continution of a trend that started last season with the fantastic Power of Madonna episode, of theme episodes. While some have major promise (I hate to admit it but I'm looking forward to the Rocky Horror episode on Halloween week), this one I went into not expecting alot. I'm not a huge fan of Britney anymore, I liked her back in the pop era of the 90s but that was a long time ago and it seems to me her music just gets kinda worse. That leads up to tonight's show. I'll get into the performances in a second, but overall I was unimpressed by this episode. I didn't like the fact that they were pretty much copying music videos and the fact that I will have to use the phrase later on in this piece, "the only non drug-infused Britney performance of the show", is kinda sad to me. Let's get into it.
Britnay-I'm A Slave 4 U
Okay well here we go for the start. This was the first song of the show as it was because Carl, the dentist that Emma is now dating (that is played fantasticly by new regular guest star John Stamos), put her under anesthesia and boom here we go. I'm sorry but Heather Morris is a great dancer, but she is NOT a great singer. I'm happy she got her moment tonight, don't get me wrong, but this was kinda eh for me. Maybe it was the fact that it was a music video, maybe it was the fact that it was a copycat performance. It left alot to desired, a theme that would continue throughout the night. C
Britnay & Santana-Me Against the Music
Okay I don't even know this song, but Claire pointed out that this was the song Britney did with Madonna, which then made it make perfect sense. While the dancing was fantasitc again, it was another copycat music video performance. I don't watch this show for these kind of numbers at all, but it was alright to watch. The fact that Naya Rivera can totally belt out a great song saved this song from being boring. C+
Rachel-Baby One More Time
First of all, I'm sorry but Lea didn't look that hot in the schoolgirl outfit. I think he's hotter in her sundresses and just being her. #2, she didn't sing this song that well at all. It just fell totally flat to me. Was it a good copycat video to the original Britney video? Hell yeah. But for this show, it was blah. C
Artie-Stronger
Okay this is going to sound very weird to say but this was the standout Britney performance of the night. On a night that had the girls of the show running around in body suits, schoolgirl outfits and leather, Artie dancing in his wheelchair with the football players is the moment I remember the most. It made storyline-sense, it wasn't a copycat video. IT LEAD TO SOMETHING IN THE SHOW! Plus the fact that Kevin McHale can totally sing anything and sound fantastic. Also, maybe it was just me, but it seemed like a great call back to the Single Ladies dance from the beginning of season one. A
Shue & New Directions-Toxic
Before I continue on with the show, I was totally distracted at the beginning of this performance because when Matthew Morrisson danced onto the stage for this sex-charged song, Mandy literally fell out of her chair and hit the floor. After that it was really hard to concentrate on the performance because I was too busy laughing but I will give it a shot. In the only non drug-infused Britney performance of the show, Shue led the charge of this verison of Toxic in front of the entire school, much to the disgust of Sue. But I can't even beginning to talk about this without noting that Principal Figgins' introduction had to be the most monotone, dry, non-exciting intro I've ever heard. I wasn't sure if I was watching Figgins or Knitknots from Imagination Movers. The performance was eh for me. It was nice to see it stripped down and have it done on stage and the crowd reactions were fantastic. But Shue singing Britney wasn't that good, and overall it was just a fitting end to this off-night of Britney songs. B-
Rachel-The Only Exception
This was the closing song and the only non-Britney song on the night. It was really pretty and Lea totally belted it out of the park. It also was a great tool to close the episode's storylines for the night. It was also needed to cleanse the pallet after getting totally ODed on Britney songs. A
Britnay-I'm A Slave 4 U
Okay well here we go for the start. This was the first song of the show as it was because Carl, the dentist that Emma is now dating (that is played fantasticly by new regular guest star John Stamos), put her under anesthesia and boom here we go. I'm sorry but Heather Morris is a great dancer, but she is NOT a great singer. I'm happy she got her moment tonight, don't get me wrong, but this was kinda eh for me. Maybe it was the fact that it was a music video, maybe it was the fact that it was a copycat performance. It left alot to desired, a theme that would continue throughout the night. C
Britnay & Santana-Me Against the Music
Okay I don't even know this song, but Claire pointed out that this was the song Britney did with Madonna, which then made it make perfect sense. While the dancing was fantasitc again, it was another copycat music video performance. I don't watch this show for these kind of numbers at all, but it was alright to watch. The fact that Naya Rivera can totally belt out a great song saved this song from being boring. C+
Rachel-Baby One More Time
First of all, I'm sorry but Lea didn't look that hot in the schoolgirl outfit. I think he's hotter in her sundresses and just being her. #2, she didn't sing this song that well at all. It just fell totally flat to me. Was it a good copycat video to the original Britney video? Hell yeah. But for this show, it was blah. C
Artie-Stronger
Okay this is going to sound very weird to say but this was the standout Britney performance of the night. On a night that had the girls of the show running around in body suits, schoolgirl outfits and leather, Artie dancing in his wheelchair with the football players is the moment I remember the most. It made storyline-sense, it wasn't a copycat video. IT LEAD TO SOMETHING IN THE SHOW! Plus the fact that Kevin McHale can totally sing anything and sound fantastic. Also, maybe it was just me, but it seemed like a great call back to the Single Ladies dance from the beginning of season one. A
Shue & New Directions-Toxic
Before I continue on with the show, I was totally distracted at the beginning of this performance because when Matthew Morrisson danced onto the stage for this sex-charged song, Mandy literally fell out of her chair and hit the floor. After that it was really hard to concentrate on the performance because I was too busy laughing but I will give it a shot. In the only non drug-infused Britney performance of the show, Shue led the charge of this verison of Toxic in front of the entire school, much to the disgust of Sue. But I can't even beginning to talk about this without noting that Principal Figgins' introduction had to be the most monotone, dry, non-exciting intro I've ever heard. I wasn't sure if I was watching Figgins or Knitknots from Imagination Movers. The performance was eh for me. It was nice to see it stripped down and have it done on stage and the crowd reactions were fantastic. But Shue singing Britney wasn't that good, and overall it was just a fitting end to this off-night of Britney songs. B-
Rachel-The Only Exception
This was the closing song and the only non-Britney song on the night. It was really pretty and Lea totally belted it out of the park. It also was a great tool to close the episode's storylines for the night. It was also needed to cleanse the pallet after getting totally ODed on Britney songs. A
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