Stereotypes are common place in television shows and many shows revolve the premise around those stereotypes. For this week’s analysis, I am using stereotypes in the television show Glee. The main characters in Glee are considered losers since they are all in the show choir for the school. In the choir group, you have the talented Rachel, who was invisible before she joined the show choir. Kurt is an outsider in school because he was openly gay. Mercedes is teased because of her weight and Puck is the “bad boy” who was in jail and on his last strike before being expelled. Two other stereotypes include Brittany, who is a clueless, blond cheerleader and Quinn, who was the head cheerleader, but got pregnant and became an outsider because of it. The characters are collection of outsiders that the show uses to create plot lines and breaks down some of the stereotypes in each episode. As a show of disrespect and teasing, the popular football players would throw slushies on the glee club members while in school.
The glee club members come together as a “family” so they can deal with their social out casting as a group. The glee club members take this stereotyping and disrespect and write a song about it in for their Regional competition. Even though they win and make it to the National competition, they are still considered losers in their own school, but they embrace and stick together the teasing and repeated slushy attacks in the hallways.
Glee tackles a lot of modern and traditional stereotypes and shows how it affects the people being stereotyped. The show pokes fun at the stereotypes but also takes a look at the serious side of those same stereotypes. The show even pokes fun of where it is located, Lima, Ohio. I am originally from the area and that was what drew me to the show originally, but I have since come to watch it every week because of the talented singers and the comedy it brings when poking fun at the stereotypes in the show’s characters. Glee’s website is listed below..
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