A question on "Glee"

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Hello I am an senior living abroad.</p>

<p>A lot of high school kids in the US were watching "Glee" (the TV program on Fox), so I decided to give it a try. But throughout the program I was a bit surprised by how "Glee" portrays the high school glee club - you know, how everyone in the story looks down on the glee club and categorizes their members as the bottom of the "social hierarchy". </p>

<p>Is this portrayal accurate at all? If it is, that's bad news for me cuz I feel I'll be going to college in a country where musicals and acappellas are not appreciated - and I love both.</p>

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<p>i love glee!!! :)</p>

<p>the portrayal isn’t true :stuck_out_tongue: everyone’s very nice… usually ;)</p>

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<p>Yes. America hates musicals and singing groups. This is FACT.</p>

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<p>America does hate musicals, but the people who perform them aren’t looked down upon except for their other social issues.</p>

<p>Glee is not representative at all.</p>

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<p>At my school, the most popular people are the theatre/choir kids. So, the Glee stigma is false in my school.</p>

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<p>the glee stigma is false at EVERY school.</p>

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<p>I love Glee too, but the whole looked down upon stereotype isn’t true. Some of the most popular kids in my school are in choir or a musical group.</p>

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<p>Dude…it’s just a show.</p>

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<p>LOL, what kinda schools do you guys go to?</p>

<p>choir kids and those other losers are looked down on as nerds. maybe you guys dont notice because you guys are looked down upon with them…</p>

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<p>Same here. </p>

<p>Choir/theater kids at my school are laughed at. As are some band kids. It’s mainly because they are obsessed with it.</p>

<p>This doesn’t hold true for everyone though. Although I find those people at my school a little annoying, I still appreciate acappellas and musicals because I know how much hard work goes into them.</p>

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<p>Um, even if Glee kids were made fun of in real life, the “kids” on that show all look like, well, like gorgeous actors and actresses. People like that are never looked down upon. And singers aren’t looked down upon in most places.</p>

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<p>Most of the shows about American high schools are really some middle-aged producer/writer’s idea of what American high schools are. </p>

<p>At my school, everyone- including the jocks and theater kids -just leaves each other alone for the most part. All the drama is internal to groups. In fact, in my school’s variety show there’s a HUGE senior act that includes people from all friend groups and activities.</p>

<p>So yes, it’s just a show.</p>

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<p>Theater kids are the most popular kids at my old high school. Jocks have also been the lead in our musicals in recent years.</p>

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<p>As long as you don’t isolate yourself with just glee or orchestra or whatever, then you’ll be more than fine. The thing about clubs like band, glee, and theater is that, because of the ridiculous amount of practice, members sometimes end up forming very close-knit cliches that get very hard to move in and out of. The same goes with other activities that require a lot of dedicated time.</p>

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<p>man i love glee! and rachel’s annoying character lol</p>