Monday, November 21, 2011

Glee

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glee_(TV_series)

-American music show
-Focuses on a high school glee club focusing on competing in the national show choir circuit while it's members face problems with sexuality, relationships, and social issues

Characters of Glee

Artie Abram
-Kevin McHale
-Guitarist and paraplegic manual wheelchair user.
-Is described as a nerd who loves the glee club and uses it as a form of escape from the daily humdrum of daily life. He is confined to a wheelchair because of a spinal cord injury he sustained from a car crash he was in at age 8.
-He loses his virginity to cheerleader Brittany Pierce and with encouragement from former bully Puck, Brittany and Artie begin dating
Blaine Anderson
-Darren Criss
-Gay student at Dalton Academy
-Member of the Warblers, a rival team of New Directions, the main Glee team.
-He is a love interest for character Kurt Hummel, but after Kurt becomes drunk and has a fling with fellow 'Gleek' Rachel, Blaine asserts his self as gay
Rachel Berry
-Lea Michele
-Strong, driven, misunderstood chacter
-Always tends to want to be the lead singer of almost all productions the Glee club does
Mike Chang
-Harry Shum Jr
-Football player and dancer who joins New Directions in the episode "Preggers".
Tina Cohen-Chang
-Jenna Ushkowitz
-Typically dresses in school girl clothing, like the Japanese Gothic Lolita fashion.
-Goes on a date with Artie and confesses to him that she has been faking a speech impediment since the 6th grade.
-Tina and Mike Chang are counselors at Asian Camp over the summer and fall in love
-And it is revealed that she lost her virginity to Mike over the summer
Quinn Fabray
-Dianna Agron
-Real name is Lucy Quinn Fabray
-Introduced as Finn's girlfriend, head of the cheer squad and head of the celibacy club
-Described as the meanest, terrible girl
-She tells Finn that she is pregnant and the baby is his
-In the season finale, Quinn gives birth to her daugher, which Puck names Beth.
Finn Hudson
-Cory Monteith
-Star quarterback of the school's football team
-He risks alienation because he is in the glee club
Burt Hummel
-Mike O'Malley
-Kurt Hummel's father
-Also stepfather to Finn
-In the episode Preggers, Kurt comes out to his father about being gay
Kurt Hummel
-Chris Colfer
-Singer who is bullied by the football team.
-Has a high vocal range and is identified by Fox as a soprano singer
-He transfers to Dalton Academy because Dave Karofsky, a football player, bullies him into depression. While there, he befriends an openly gay student named Blaine Anderson.
Mercedes Jones
-Amber Riley
-Diva in training
-Early in season 1, she develops a crush on Kurt, unaware he's gay
-She is supportive when he opens up to her about being gay
Santana Lopez
-Naya Rivera
-Cheerleader who joins the glee club in the episode Showmance. She's initially a spy for the cheer coach Sue Sylvester.
-Later on, you find out she is a lesbian; having feelings for fellow cheerleader Brittany
-Later on, she uses Dave Karofsky, who is a closeted gay, to help her become prom queen
Brittany Pierce
-Heather Morris
-Cheerleader who joins the glee club along with Santana in episode Showmance
-In the season 2 episode Britney/Brittany, she makes her singing debut by performing 3 songs; I'm a Slave 4 U, Me Against the Music, Toxic.
Emma Pilsbury
-Jayma Mays
-School's guidance counselor who has OCD
-Has romantic feelings for Will Schuester, the Glee club teacher
-At the end of the 1st season, she starts seeing a dentist named Carl(John Stamos).
-In the episode Born This Way, she confronts her fear and gets treatment for her OCD
Noah Puckerman
-Mark Salling
-Finn's best friend and football teammate
-Later on he discovers he's the father of Quinn's baby
Will Schuester
-Matthew Morrison
-Was previously the Spanish teacher
-In the episode Sexy, he begins a relationship with a girl named Holly Holliday(Gweneth Paltrow)
Sue Sylvester
-Jane Lynch
-Head coach of the cheer squad, called The Cheerios.
-Hates the Glee club and is trying to shut it down
-In the episode Wheels, Sue allows Becky Jackson, a girl with Down Syndrome to join the Cheerios as a replacement for Quinn. Later, it is revealed Sue has an older sister named Jean who also has Down Syndrome, showing Sue has a soft, sweet side.
Sam Evans
-Chord Overstreet
-Transfer student who joins the football team in season 2
-Quinn and Sam start dating, and Quinn respects how he jumps in to defend Mike and Artie who are being attacked by Karofsky for telling him to stop harassing Kurt.
-Also is self conscious about his somewhat large lips
Episodes
Music
Songs-Season 1
Songs- Season 2
Songs- Season 3
-Some of the artists they cover music by include:

-The Beatles
-REO Speedwagon
-Britney Spears
-Lady Gaga
-Journey
-Rihanna
-Christina Aguilera
-Slash
-Kings of Leon
-The Rolling Stones
-Red Hot Chili Peppers
-Foo Fighters

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