Glee

Thinking about this week’s lesson and how we discussed the goals of cultural studies, I feel like a lot of television shows could be related to discovering instances of meaning and struggle. I was watching Glee tonight and a lot of these themes could be connected with this show. First off there is a constant theme of using song to express emotion and to get the message of the episode across; which goes hand in hand with discourse which explains how they talk and act towards each other. Glee also uses its show to relay lessons at the end and lessons throughout the entire 3 seasons. Throughout all the seasons the constant theme of bullying is always visible. The episode that was on tonight showed a student from a rival school hurting one of the main characters physically. The sign that is in each episode is the slushy that is thrown in the faces of the Glee club. The slushy is a symbol for bullying and the hatred that many people feel towards the Glee club. Going back to this episode, instead of the Glee club retaliating back with violence they use song to come back and prove a point that they will not be pushed down and forced to forfeit to the opposing team.

Malorie Duda