When the episode begins, we are being introduced to people who attend the school and teach there. It begins with the viewing of a hiearchy within the students. The cheerleaders, the athletes and than the "losers". The losers consisted of minorities(an asian and black woman), a disabled boy,a feminine young man and a student who snitched about something she seen. This becomes important to through out the entire episode because these students must undergo many challenges for being a part of the Glee Club. For example, the athlete Finn could sing and only joined the Glee Club in order to prevent the use of drugs from going on his school record. He also tried to withhold this information from other athletes in order to protect his reputation.
Something I found interesting is that material things seemed to be valued in this episode. For example, in the very beginning of Glee- Pilot, a young man who seems to be feminine; shouts that his Marc Jacobs is expensive before he is thrown in the dumpster. One of the bully athletes holds his Marc Jacob jacket before the feminine young man is thrown in the dumpster. Futhermore, Mr. Shoe decided he wanted to resign as a teacher in order to find a job where he would earn more money. The episode concludes with another teacher telling Mr. Shoe that a "life worth living is one you're passionate about". Throughout the film, we see his passion as a teacher as he helps the students with their singing in the Glee club.
Something else I found interesting is that a teacher in the episode touched a student in a very sexual and inappropriate way. Was that just me the noticed that? He had on pink and was fired because of this very action.
There was a part in Glee where Mr. Shoe narrates and might've say the "blackest moment of my life" is when he blackmailed Finn into joining the Glee Club. Does anyone think that was more of a racial comment? or was it another way for saying he he blackmailed Finn? I was honestly unsure how to take that comment. I cant replay it on my laptop since I used an online site that didnt work in my favor and kept freezing.
I dont recall that comment coming to my mind as racist. It could be another way of saying the deepest darkest point of his life. But then when I think of that, why do we consider even the color black in its own context alone in association with evil or bad times. For example we wear white to weddings and black to wakes and funerals. Have you ever wondered why this is?? I could be taking that to far but I am still very curious to who made that rule...
ReplyDeleteI think its cool how Mr.Shoe, is going against the principle, and other teachers to let these kids have a Glee Club, because not only do the students have a huge passion for Glee Club, but Mr. Shoe does too.
ReplyDeleteI liked when Fynn talked to the football team and said that everyone was a loser which put them all on a "level playing field." I felt it was his way of saying that everyone is the same; that we may be different, but we are all human.
ReplyDeleteWhen i heard "the blackest moment of my life" and it had to do with weed, I was shocked. Of course it's racist. Black people are over represented in the prison system because they are subjected to more poverty and violence, showing how this statement could be construed since weed is "bad" in America and black people are "bad" too. This really made me mad.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad that whenever I tear up this show in the future I know I have a class full of intelligent people on my side. Right on!
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