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Glee 4x01, a few random thoughts
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openingyourselfuptojoy so just putting it here too.
I have managed to watch the premiere and I loved it. The first viewing made me laugh and cry and cringe and grin, and did all the things I love about Glee.
They're doing a great job with Rachel. Her scenes really recalled the feelings I had when I first left home. I wanted to see her in this place of feeling lonely and wrong and lost, not because I'm sadistic, but because Rachel is a character with a lot of heart and resilience and drive, and I love to see her rising to meet challenges. It brings out the best in her. I also really like Brody. So much. I hope he truly is as nice a guy as he seems.
Also really enjoyed Kurt's story in it. I freaked out when I first saw that he'd be working at The Lima Bean, but now I see it had to be that: it's the lobby after all (the meeting place between worlds if we consider Dalton Otherworld) so Kurt's stuck in sort of purgatory, between hell (Lima) and heaven (NY? Except it's not heaven for Rachel, IDK). And he gets a much needed push from Blaine. (Watch me mangle up various mythologies.) But, to get to Elysium, you must drink from the river Lethe (forgetfulness) and given Kurt sang "I'll Remember" in Goodbye (Glee loves the irony; remember Sam singing "Billionaire"?), combined with the cups in "It's Time" (Water symbols?), and some other quality to the emotion of the scene I can't quite put my finger on, I'm already feeling some troubles between Kurt & Blaine are being foreshadowed. Also, the Gannon Car Rental.... that's from "Lost", right? (which I've never seen, but it seems ominous, maybe?)
Burt made me cry, of course. Loved Kurt's wardrobe. Jake's speaking voice makes me melt. Rachel's at boot camp, not just Finn.
Oh! And people are saying French words to Kurt. I joke with my partner that an item on any Glee drinking game should be "Kurt says a French word and the people around him are flummoxed", but in the Lima Bean scene, Brittany says "merci" and Kitty calls him "garcon". So what is up with that? Another indication of Kurt having lost his power in Lima?
openingyourselfuptojoy so just putting it here too.I have managed to watch the premiere and I loved it. The first viewing made me laugh and cry and cringe and grin, and did all the things I love about Glee.
They're doing a great job with Rachel. Her scenes really recalled the feelings I had when I first left home. I wanted to see her in this place of feeling lonely and wrong and lost, not because I'm sadistic, but because Rachel is a character with a lot of heart and resilience and drive, and I love to see her rising to meet challenges. It brings out the best in her. I also really like Brody. So much. I hope he truly is as nice a guy as he seems.
Also really enjoyed Kurt's story in it. I freaked out when I first saw that he'd be working at The Lima Bean, but now I see it had to be that: it's the lobby after all (the meeting place between worlds if we consider Dalton Otherworld) so Kurt's stuck in sort of purgatory, between hell (Lima) and heaven (NY? Except it's not heaven for Rachel, IDK). And he gets a much needed push from Blaine. (Watch me mangle up various mythologies.) But, to get to Elysium, you must drink from the river Lethe (forgetfulness) and given Kurt sang "I'll Remember" in Goodbye (Glee loves the irony; remember Sam singing "Billionaire"?), combined with the cups in "It's Time" (Water symbols?), and some other quality to the emotion of the scene I can't quite put my finger on, I'm already feeling some troubles between Kurt & Blaine are being foreshadowed. Also, the Gannon Car Rental.... that's from "Lost", right? (which I've never seen, but it seems ominous, maybe?)
Burt made me cry, of course. Loved Kurt's wardrobe. Jake's speaking voice makes me melt. Rachel's at boot camp, not just Finn.
Oh! And people are saying French words to Kurt. I joke with my partner that an item on any Glee drinking game should be "Kurt says a French word and the people around him are flummoxed", but in the Lima Bean scene, Brittany says "merci" and Kitty calls him "garcon". So what is up with that? Another indication of Kurt having lost his power in Lima?