whats a cliche...a bad thing?

well it's fall, the end of summer shows and summer weather. we move on to fall tv and sweaters and boots and fighting off ragweed and seasonal depression.i was originially going to write about something else but i started watching episode 3 of glee and i couldn't resist.

back in the summer, i watched the premiere of glee and i loved it, couldn't wait for it to come back last week. after the disappointment of entourage and the last few episodes of true blood, i was really rooting for glee to restore my faith in campy television. while, it hasn't completely failed, i can feel it going down the slippery slope of another high school show, despite it's promise not to. they even mentioned their biggest problem themselves....cliches. i know it's a little too soon, but i'm not seeing many layers or much hope for them. all i see are stereotypes i've already seen before, just a conniving cheerleader, flamboyantly gay choir kid, fiesty big black girl, dumb jock, annoying choir girl. oh but that other football player is chasing cougars, original, wait i saw that in american pie. there is the pervy teacher (mean girls), the cunty wife pretending to pregnant(lindsay lohan's tv movie) and just too much unrequited love to handle. and the fact that the actor who plays finn is a mere four years younger then the teacher confirms the biggest cliche of grown ass men playing teenage boys. it feels like the writers are putting all their focus into the musical numbers and Mr. Schuester and leaving everyone else to sorta wallow in high school angst (blah).

variety warned that this would happen. BUT, i am not going to give up hope just yet. who knows, maybe the writers and producers are trying to weed out the bandwagon people, just like professors would try to scare people the first week into dropping out of class. i know that analogy doesn't make much sense for tv since its all about ads and dollars at the end of the day. but i really need to restore my faith in camp.  if not all i will be left with is mad men, something i will write about soon.

now, moving on to america's next top model. this is a show i stopped watching regularly a long time ago. however, my mom loves the show and so i watch it with her, we bond over tyra's ridiculousness. but this petite model cycle is all sorts of wrong. first of all, the majority of these girls are just short knockoffs of other people that have been on top model. second, i know with reality tv they look for crazy but these shorties are boring crazy (except for that girl who was "in love with jesus"). oh bianca is a bitch, oh the redhead is awkward. whatever. finally, tyra has gone off the wall with this "smize" shit or however you try to spell it. it's like when they shrunk the models they increased tyra's ego and absurdity. my only hope is that it will get so bad my mom will stop watching and i wont have to dvr glee anymore.and if both go down the shitter, then...i don't even know.

I LIKE THE LYRICS ABOUT BEING A CHEERLEADER AND SHE'S IN THE BLEACHERS

i'm glad mtv figured out the secret to having an entertaining VMAs...have no security whatsoever. i'm talking to you kanye and lil mama. seriously, wtf was up with those two hoodrats. and i don't even listen to taylor swift.
now, i'm not gonna sit here and write that i will never listen to kanye again or i will go buy some taylor swift records. both of them are receiving an inordinate amount of publicity right now, for better or for worse. the real "losers" in this situation, are everyone else who performed at the vmas or won an award. besides beyonce, i honestly cant remember who won one. and thanks to kanye, beyonce's award for video of the year was overshadowed by his tomfuckery. i never thought he'd be able to do it, but kanye west overshadowed michael fucking jackson. after all the hype and work that went into that tribute, no one is talking about it.

finally....single ladies is NOT one of the best videos ever made. i remember the first time i saw it, i was fucking furious. why? because i took me about 2 seconds to recognize that she was doing moves from this video: 






later my fury calmed down when beyonce said that this was her inspiration. but, putting on a leotard and some heels and inviting your favorite tranny back-up dancers does not make it one of the greatest videos of all time. a great video? yes. but nothing to get your panties bunched up over.

those are my two cents.

ps. russell brand, you are not funny and not responsible for obama being elected. STFD & STFU.