Boobs Over Broadway

I think Glee is going to be my new favorite show next fall. Those minxes at FOX teased me with one episode after the Idol finale and now I have to wait until the fall TV season starts to see another, but I like what I saw. It touched my inner theater geek, taking me back to the days of after-school play practice. We didn't have a very rich theater program at my high school (only one musical a year), but it was always the highlight of my year. Over the summers, I did "drama camp," which made those long boring summers fly right by. Even then, my inner control freak came out (I preferred to be a director than an actor). The best part about those experiences was hanging out with people I had so much in common with. I wasn't a great athlete (unless you count my other activity -- figure skating -- oy), I wasn't smart enough to be a full-blown chess club brainy-geek, and I wasn't popular enough to be in student government. If the theater was the island of misfits, I found my other toys. Of course, as in any society, there was still the hierarchy -- the diva, the male lead, the geek even the theater geeks picked on. Oh, and we had our Susan Boyle too -- a smelly girl that really needed a shower. But that's how it goes. So, if I can see myself in any show on TV, I think it's going to be this show. It's got biting humor, soaring musical numbers, and the right balance of sentiment and irony. As Lea Michelle exclaimed in the first episode "there is NOTHNG ironic about show choir!" which is funny because everything IS ironic about show choir. And why did I mention boobs in the title of this post? Oh yeah, I saw Lea Michelle's boobs when I sat front and center at Spring Awakening. That's all, just wanted to mention that . . .

And here is a little tatse of the show: