November 12, 2011 11:27 AM
Glee: working to eradicate virginity
I don't know if your family watches Glee. I know Michelle Obama's does - I shuddered when I thought of an 11-year-old watching this sex-laden show.
Maddy and I watched the first few episodes of Glee. For a family of music/theater enthusiasts, we were truly looking forward to what promised to be some fresh entertainment.
WRONG. As soon as we found ourselves getting uncomfortable, we simply stopped watching. I don't care how entertaining a show is, or how many good points it has - including kids with disabilities, for example - when a show's writers begin imposing their morality on the viewers, mocking those who live their lives differently, it's time to stop watching.
Then there was the softcore campaign by the actresses in the show who were supposed to be playing teens, but sexing it up for magazine spreads.
Now the celebration of true maturity - deciding to lose one's virginity. You know, having raise some kids who've maintained their purity, I would say they are the truly mature ones - not willing to compromise their values because of peer and cultural pressure
What's your experience with Glee? If your kids are watching it, I suggest you sit down and watch it with them.
Bozell Column: No 'Glee' About Virginity
Brent Bozell | November 12, 2011 | 09:17
In Hollywood, the only truly serious sexual disease is virginity. It's a
dire and embarrassing condition, desperately in need of elimination.
Teenagers that still have "it" are woefully immature. They might as well
consider themselves to be walking the school hallways in diapers.Along comes Fox Entertainment to enlighten us. Get ready. It's sick.
Fox's "Glee" devoted an entire episode on November 8 to setting up and celebrating the shedding of virginity by two teenage couples on the show. One was heterosexual, and one - yippee! - was homosexual. TV critics were raving in advance. Entertainment Weekly's Tim Stack all but demanded everyone watch: "It's without a doubt one of Glee's best installments ever and features two popular couples on the show having sex for the first time."
This is a show with an enraptured following of teenagers, especially teenaged girls. Children love the musical numbers, and stay for the propaganda. Stack was especially thrilled that the gay teens Kurt and Blaine would "finally decide to take the next step in their relationship." When you're 17, it's time for "finally" getting over the dreaded V-word. Stack oozed, "It's all handled very delicately and is incredibly moving. I can't think of another network series that's taken a teenage gay relationship so far or been so progressive."
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Comments
I watched Glee like you and Maddy. I quit watching it after maybe 2 episodes? When it was obvious that there was going to be adultery. I knew it was going to be a soap, and not a very good one at that. I am shocked at its broad appeal, and that anyone would let their kids watch it!
Posted by: Angie | November 12, 2011 12:29 PM
I have to confess I've never seen it. Right now the only thing we watch is Boomerang Channel and musicals. I really want to watch some of the Christmas shows on ABC (not my) family.....but you know how that goes.
Posted by: shannon best | November 12, 2011 1:28 PM
My family has never watched Glee. Boy, am I glad.
Posted by: Sue from Buffalo | November 12, 2011 8:43 PM
Just watching the promos that came on during timeouts during NFL games was enough to turn me off. Football games are about the last thing we watch on network TV, and that is getting difficult because of the commercials.
Posted by: Kate J | November 14, 2011 3:40 PM
