Glee...

When watching Glee, for the first full time I thought the cast was great. Someone talked about their blog, showing were teenage stands in the media. I felt that the show was trying to break the "norms" of how a glee club is seen by society. I was a big fan of the fact that they had Artie in a wheelchair. It made me think back to my high school, where my best friend was in a wheelchair because he had CP, and I did my best to make him feel that he fit in with everyone else which he did.

I watched the episode where they needed to rise money so they could go to regional. They all had to sit in a wheelchair for 2 weeks to see how Artie felt, and did a wheelchair number on stage.

I love how you had your "typical" dad speech to his son (Kurt). The father will always come to their rescues. I think in everyone high school you have one guy who is "gay" which is fine by me, but people are always trying ti fit in.

At the same time the show also conform to the social norms, like the cheerleaders who are not smart. When the truth of the matter is that most cheerleader are very smart.

My favorite person in the show was Becky who has down syndrome.

The show goes back in-forth between friends being friends which happens all day and everyday in high school.

All in all, I am not a huge fan of musical so I do not see me watching Glee in the future.

Glee

I have never seen Glee till now, it may be because I don't watch a lot of TV and when I do I watch sports. I only got to catch a little bit of the show, and I was left kinda in a frazzle. I laughed at some points and at other points I thought to myself that this would never happen. When I was in high school everyone got along. I am interested in watching a full show but due to my lap top has no sound I am going to have to wait to add to this blog till tomorrow before class.

Hip Hop

When reading these two articles on the Hip Hop culture were a very hard read. Something like Hip Hop is not my strong point. I do understand that early Hip Hop stood for something. I just don't like where Hip Hop has gone. They way they talk about girls and what they do for fun is so deeming to me.

In the first article Hip-Hop, Mass Media and 21st Century Colonization by Hip-Hop, Mass Media and 21st Century Colonization says "Like mass media and popular culture, hip-hop too is often removed from its proper context as the cultural expression of a domestically-held internal colony otherwise known as Black America." Although I do agree with that statement, I feel as if Hip Hop as lost it's roots for where it started. What people "Rap" about is just so wrong in today society giving kids the wrong idea on what a role model truly is.

I do listen to Hip Hop but its "underground rap" my favorite person is Brother Ali. I like him because in his songs he talks about his real life.

Maybe because main stream Hip Hop is something I do not like, I had a hard time with this read.