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[akeyoftime]

Glee :(


Recognizing that your minority characters are under-used is great and saying that they're valued is great, but leaving it there without taking action in the meta context is sending a pretty huge mixed signal.

I also do not care for Will's "no class" insult or Sue's transgender bashing. I try not to take anything Sue says seriously because it's she's such an obvious bad guy and caricature, but that crossed a line because the average viewer probably isn't going to read it as just another outlandishly ridiculous thing Sue says.

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[theclevermonkey.livejournal.com]

I am optimistic! The cast has certainly been increasingly developed as the show goes on. I think part of the difficulty is that the characters are all musical archtypes as a base, and so will seem two dimensional until they get "their" episode.

I imagine they'll get to each character before the season is out - they've been doing one a week, or so.

[akeyoftime.livejournal.com]

Sorry for the delayed reply. I was trying to figure out how to work this/writing essays.

My objection is not that the characters have not yet had their chance to shine and actually, I rather look forward to Artie's episode. And Tina's! Where I'm seeing the lack of walking-the-walk is that the main non-minority characters (baring Rachel, according the next week's trailers) seem to get at least a little something to advance their plot every week - often more - while the rest have to wait for their episodes.

Did that make sense?